CU alumni groups support sanctioning of students 

By The Nation

 

Student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal

 

Two Chulalongkorn University alumni groups have expressed support for the university’s decision to strip student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and seven other students of “behavioural points” and cause five of them to lose their spots on CU’s student council.

 

The students were sanctioned for “making a scene” during CU’s oath-taking ceremony on August 3, when they bowed before statues of Rama V and Rama VI instead of paying obeisance like the other students.

 

The students had left the area designated for students to pay respects to the late Kings. 

 

This prompted assistant rector Reungwit Banjongrat to forcefully remove one of the students from the scene. 

A widely circulated photo shows him holding fourth-year student Suphalak Bumroongkitthe in a headlock and dragging him away.

 

Netiwit, who had been president of the student council, said that he planned to appeal against the decision. He had his head shaved in protest.

 

Chaithawat Thaiyong, president of the CU Education Alumni Association, said that the punishment should result in the university maintaining its good image, traditions and good order so it remained a role model for society.

On Monday afternoon, the association plans to submit a letter in support of CU’s decision.

 

“The oath-taking ceremony is voluntary for students to participate in. The activity also does not actually involve sophomore students,” he said in possible reference to Netiwit. “The executives have to make this clear.”

 

CU Engineer Alumni president Saran Rangkhasiri sent a letter to CU rector Bundhit Eua-arporn in support to the decision.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30325704

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-04

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

CU alumni groups support sanctioning of students 

Horrible shower of turds. 

Another failure for freedom of expression and human rights in Thailand

Diferential respect by bowing or curtsy is still respect , 

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

Another failure for freedom of expression and human rights in Thailand

...but a great day for the "brainwashing works league".

CU has the best reputation of almost all universities in Thailand, but now, they show their wrath on the students as the "accepted" Thai way.....more than likely endorsed by the junta.

A rating of something like 275 globally, will now see the rating, over the next year or so, fall further.

Succumbing to pressure (from rulers) is a major failing......

 

 

"Chaithawat Thaiyong, president of the CU Education Alumni Association, said that the punishment should result in the university maintaining its good image, traditions and good order so it remained a role model for society."

 

Well, some image has definitely been maintained. Not sure it's a good one though.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

CU Engineer Alumni president Saran Rangkhasiri sent a letter to CU rector Bundhit Eua-arporn in support to the decision.

Team black and white supports your grizzly decision, great. 

16 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

CU has the best reputation of almost all universities in Thailand, but now, they show their wrath on the students as the "accepted" Thai way.....more than likely endorsed by the junta.

A rating of something like 275 globally, will now see the rating, over the next year or so, fall further.

Succumbing to pressure (from rulers) is a major failing......

Always got the feeling that those accolades were bestowed and not earned.  Have yet to be positively impressed by Chula.  Its latest failings are actually a better reflection of the university. 

Whenever I read about this Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal fella, it's usually the most positive thing that happened in Thailand. CU would do itself a very good service in promoting that kid and get their name attached to him once he gets to be on the loose, that way they can at least be the jumping clown in the background pointing at themselves for having "produced" that caliber from their university.

 

Then again, why not just shoot yourself in the foot to keep the tradition alive I supppose.

Good image eh? Good image would be firing the ass of the 'professor' who put his hands on a student. That's assault.

This tells a lot about those alumni and is one more proof that Chula isn't an elite university but a yellow university.

"...remained a role model for society."   And the model is A FEUDAL SOCIETY!  

The Chulalongkorn crowd seem eager to perpetuate stupidity as well as an antithesis of academic life as part of their treasured image.

Lunkheads.