Hunted Czech fugitive believed to be spreading HIVTuesday, 17 January 2017
Zdenek Pfeifer, a Czech national, 52, is being hunted by police.(Immigration Police Photo) He is believed to be HIV-infected and to have spread the disease to partners in Thailand. He is wanted in his home country for sexual offenses involving minors. Police in the North are searching for a Czech man, an over-stayer believed to be infected with HIV and wanted for sexual offenses against minors in his own country.
The Royal Thai Police Office recently issued an urgent order asking Provincial Police Region 5 to track down Zdenek Pfeifer, 52, a national of the Czech Republic.
Mr Pfeifer, named in a red notice issued by Interpol, is said to be HIV-infected and to have passed the infection on to several male and female partners in Chiang Mai and nearby provinces, Thai media reported on Tuesday.
Pol Maj Gen Pongdet Prommichit, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 5, on Tuesday called a meeting with police in eight northern provinces under his office and instructed them to immediately find and arrest the Czech suspect.
Pol Gen Wut Liptapanlop, deputy national police chief, had asked police across the country to track down Mr Pfeifer, suspect No 26 on the arrest warrant issued by the by the Czech court, said Pol Maj Gen Pongdet.
The man is regarded as dangerous and believed to have spread HIV to male and female Thai partners. He had committed sexual offenses against minors in the the Czech Republic before fleeing to Thailand in 2014, the deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 5 said.
According to police investigators, he has flown to several major tourist attractions in Thailand but there was no record of his having left the country.
Pol Maj Gen Pongdet said police believe the man is still here.
