William Stuart Brown was an Australia

Australia

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n diplomat

Diplomat

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 and convicted child molester.

Brown initially worked for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

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 as a diplomat in Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

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 until 1984. He was accused of molesting a child in 1984 in Jakarta, and after his return to Canberra

Canberra

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, was found to be living with a boy.

He then worked in Indonesia as a schoolteacher, teaching English

English language

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. He was arrested on 5 January 2004 in Indonesia, on charges of sexually abusing two boys, aged 13 and 15. In court Brown admitted attempting to sodomise

Sodomy

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 them, but claims he stopped when they resisted. He also admitted taking about 20 young boys to a beach and kissing and touching them.

Brown admitted knowing convicted child molester Robert 'Dolly' Dunn

Robert 'Dolly' Dunn

Robert Joseph "Dolly" Dunn was an Australian convicted child molester. He was a school teacher by profession, working for the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious order....

, and having organised hikes with him.

On 12 May 2004, the day after he was found guilty and sentenced to 13 years in jail, Brown hanged himself

Suicide

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 in his cell at police headquarters at Karangasem, Bali

Bali

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