Jackson Matthew Hall, 26, an American wanted for child abuse, makes a phone call from the police station in Koh Samui. (Photo by Supapong Chaolan)SURAT THANI: An American man wanted for child sex abuse in his home country has been arrested on Koh Samui. The Alabama resident had fled to Thailand to escape multiple child sex abuse charges, authorities say. According to the Cullman Times, a newspaper in Alabama, Mr Hall was wanted on child sex and physical abuse charges in Cullman and Madison counties. In a separate case, a Madison County grand jury indicted Mr Hall on an aggravated child abuse charge in June 2015 for hitting a child, the newspaper reported.

Source: Bangkok Post September 23, 2017 09:57 UTC