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Interpol police believed the man whose image was splashed across media reports around the world last week is now in Thailand.

Thai and Cambodian police allege the suspect in the case is a British Columbia man, 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil, who recently worked as an ESL teacher in Korea.

Neil's MySpace profile lists his hometown as Maple Ridge, B.C.

"I would like to say: Chris -- turn yourself in, get back into Canada. This is where you should be to answer these allegations," Neil's younger brother Matthew told CTV.ca online in Maple Ridge, B.C. on Tuesday.

Matthew said the family has had no contact with Neil since he left for South Korea in August.

"Since learning of the allegations, we are absolutely devastated. The range of emotions is from anger, shock, devastation,"he said.

The family first found out about the allegations last Thursday when officers contacted them to identify photos.

Last week, Interpol released images of the alleged child molester, which were taken from Internet pictures that had masked the suspect behind a digitally created swirl.

Interpol investigators were able to use new technology to alter the image to allegedly resemble the original images, which they then released to the international media.

On Monday, after receiving hundreds of tips, Interpol announced it had identified the suspect but did not release his name. However, Thai and Cambodian police revealed the man's name, age and nationality Tuesday.

"The name was given to us from the Korean police. We provided them with some basic information and they were able to help us with that," Interpol crime intelligence officer Anders Persson told CTV Newsnet from Lyon, France on Tuesday.

Investigators believe Neil is in Bangkok, possibly hiding out in a hotel.

"We know that he arrived in Bangkok and we have camera footage which you have seen of him coming in at Bangkok airport, but at that point the trail has gone cold," Interpol's Mick Moran told CTV's Canada AM on Tuesday.

Moran said Neil was most recently working as a teacher in South Korea but had also taught in Thailand and Vietnam over the past five years.

Manhunt on for Canadian

Fellow ESL teachers and expatriates in South Korea said he worked as a teacher at Kwangju Foreign School in South Korea.

The school's website Tuesday morning listed Neil as a Grade 7-8 history teacher, with a degree from The Seminary of Christ the King, in Mission, B.C.

His name has since been removed from the school's website.

Archdiocese of Vancouver spokesperson Paul Schratz confirmed that Neil studied at the seminar.

"He apparently left at some point when he was not invited to continue his studies for the priesthood," Schratz told CTV British Columbia.

The school's rector is quoted as saying Neil did not have the qualifications to be recommended for the priesthood.

Neil then shifted his focus to teaching and began volunteering at St. Patrick's Catholic parish six years ago.

"He at some point did some volunteer catechism instruction in the parish -- so he would be working with students, preparing them for the preparation of the sacraments, their religious education, that sort of thing," Schratz added.

B.C.'s College of Teachers says that Neil never worked in the public school system. But the Archdiocese learned that Neil taught briefly at the Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School in Port Coquitlam last spring.

"I understand from the school board that he taught there as a substitute teacher for five days," Schratz said.

Matthew Neil believes his brother's intention was to gain more experience in Asia before returning to Canada where he hoped to work as a high school teacher.

A military spokeswoman also told The Associated Press that Neil worked as a chaplain from 1998 to 2000 at an air cadet summer training centre in Nova Scotia and that his duties included spiritually advising children ages 12 to 18. No complaints were brought to commanding officers about Neil at the time.

Police allege the suspect has been going around the world preying on young boys and taking pictures of his encounters.

They allege he would then post the images on the Internet after digitally altering his face. Police have about 200 photos of a man with a dozen boys posted on the Internet in 2004, but likely taken in 2002 and 2003.

Interpol believes the photos were taken in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Fellow ESL teachers told Associated Presse that Neil made frequent postings to a popular online forum called Dave's ESL Café under the pseudonym "Peter Jackson."

More than 300 postings under the name Peter Jackson were erased shortly before his disappearance, the Associated Press reported.

by CTV.ca