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Pedophile ring suspect commits suicide in hotel
Email Print Normal font Large font Mark Forbes
August 17, 2006
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AdvertisementA Sydney man who has committed suicide in Indonesia is a
suspected member of a pedophile ring linked to a language school
established and supervised by the Australian Government.
Don Hancock died on Tuesday in Surabaya, where he was director of
studies of the Indonesia Australia Language Foundation. He was found in
a hotel room with a quantity of pills. His door was locked from the
inside.
Another foundation employee, Peter Smith, was arrested in Jakarta this
month for allegedly molesting up to 50 boys and producing child
pornography.
The affair is looming as a diplomatic embarrassment, with Australian
officials attempting to distance themselves from the foundation
yesterday.
The Indonesian police are widening their investigation into the alleged
pedophile ring. Australian police are also understood to be examining
the allegations.
The foundation board, which includes two senior Australian public
servants, has demanded that the chief executive, Geoffrey Crewes,
ensure more thorough background checks are made on current and
prospective employees. Mr Crewes flew to Surabaya yesterday, where he
refused to answer any questions from the Herald.
Investigators believe Smith was part of a pedophile ring involving
several foreigners abusing young Indonesians and distributing child
porn. Smith, then known as Ellis Eyre, was convicted in 1994 of
molesting Aboriginal pupils at a Northern Territory school where he
taught.
After his release, Eyre changed his name, was issued a new passport and
moved to Indonesia. A foreign affairs spokesman said the passport was
issued because police had not alerted the department to the original
offence.
Some of Smith's victims said a second Australian man, "Don", had also
abused them. Initially, police believed they were referring to Donald
Storen, who was arrested on child molestation charges in Lombok last
month.
Indonesian police now suspect that "Don" lived in Surabaya and was
Hancock. Smith was an English language teacher for the foundation and
had worked in Surabaya as well as Jakarta.
Sources said that Hancock, 55, from Sydney, did not die of natural
causes. He was not interviewed by police before his death.
Indonesian police last night said they had received permission from
Hancock's family for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. They
also said they were examining Hancock's phone records for links to
Smith.
The charity that took several street children to police with complaints
about Smith said it was told five foreigners were part of the network.
The founder of the Jakarta Centre for Street Children, Andri Cahyadi,
said a 12-year-old had told him that before that he posed for Smith he
had met a man named Don, who had asked him to undress and masturbate in
front of a camera.
Asked about the pedophile investigation, an Australian embassy
spokesman said that "we are making inquiries and have heard of a
development in Surabaya" but he would not comment further.
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