<p>A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thursday.</p>.<p>Police said they nabbed Francois Camille Abello, 65, last month at a hotel in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, where they found two underaged girls in his room.</p>.<p>Abello could face life in prison or even execution by firing squad if he is convicted on a raft of charges under Indonesia's child protection laws, including accusations that he filmed the illicit encounters.</p>.<p>Police said they had found videos on Abello's laptop computer that showed him engaging in illegal sex acts with hundreds of children aged between 10 and 17.</p>.<p>The pensioner had entered the Southeast Asian nation on a tourist visa several times over the past five years, according to police.</p>.<p>"He would approach children and lure them by offering them work as models," Jakarta police chief Nana Sudjana told reporters Thursday.</p>.<p>"The ones who agreed to have sex with him would get paid between 250,000 and one million rupiah ($17-70). Those who didn't want to have sex would be beaten, slapped and kicked by the suspect," he added.</p>.<p>Police said they believed Abello had been molesting Indonesian children for years and that there may be more victims.</p>.<p>As many as 70,000 children are victims of sexual exploitation annually in Indonesia, according to global anti-trafficking network ECPAT International.</p>.<p>American fugitive Russ Medlin, wanted at home in connection with a $700 million cryptocurrency scam, was arrested in Jakarta last month on allegations he paid under-aged girls to have sex with him.</p>
<p>A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thursday.</p>.<p>Police said they nabbed Francois Camille Abello, 65, last month at a hotel in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, where they found two underaged girls in his room.</p>.<p>Abello could face life in prison or even execution by firing squad if he is convicted on a raft of charges under Indonesia's child protection laws, including accusations that he filmed the illicit encounters.</p>.<p>Police said they had found videos on Abello's laptop computer that showed him engaging in illegal sex acts with hundreds of children aged between 10 and 17.</p>.<p>The pensioner had entered the Southeast Asian nation on a tourist visa several times over the past five years, according to police.</p>.<p>"He would approach children and lure them by offering them work as models," Jakarta police chief Nana Sudjana told reporters Thursday.</p>.<p>"The ones who agreed to have sex with him would get paid between 250,000 and one million rupiah ($17-70). Those who didn't want to have sex would be beaten, slapped and kicked by the suspect," he added.</p>.<p>Police said they believed Abello had been molesting Indonesian children for years and that there may be more victims.</p>.<p>As many as 70,000 children are victims of sexual exploitation annually in Indonesia, according to global anti-trafficking network ECPAT International.</p>.<p>American fugitive Russ Medlin, wanted at home in connection with a $700 million cryptocurrency scam, was arrested in Jakarta last month on allegations he paid under-aged girls to have sex with him.</p>