The 17-year-old Thai girl's body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya. The suspect faces charges of murder, concealment of a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes.

A man from Ballarat is in custody after the body of a teenage girl was found in a suitcase in Thailand.

The 46-year-old was stopped at about 9.30pm on Friday while preparing to board a Jetstar flight to Perth, according to the Nation Thailand