Interpol launched a worldwide appeal to the public today to help identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys from Southeast Asia - images of whom were spread through the internet.

INTERPOL said yesterday it had begun following up a number of leads in response to an international appeal launched to identify a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the internet.

An international public appeal has been launched by Interpol to identify a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the internet.