At last! Teacher faces jail for student assault with wife in trouble for making threats

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A teacher and his wife at a Muang district school in Chaiyaphum are facing charges of assault and threatening behavior after a boy in a M2 class was beaten up in class.

 

The newly appointed governor of the province Narong Wunsiw heard about the case and immediately contacted education chiefs to investigate.

 

Plenty of evidence was found and yesterday after a four hour meeting with the boy's mother and the 14 year old himself it was decided to proceed with prosecution.

 

The mother said that her son was left battered and bloodied with a broken tooth after the attack by the male teacher. He slapped her son across the face causing him to fall into some shelving.

 

But the attack did not end there.

 

The teacher then used feet and fists in a prolonged assault.

 

Following this it is alleged that the teacher's wife, also a teacher at the school in the M3 grade, threatened the boy.

 

The mother said that originally the male teacher admitted what he had done and said he would pay for treatment. But she claimed he later went back on his word and even dared her to make a complaint against him.

 

She was not scared and went to police, reported Thai Rath.

 

Now the public prosecutor Banthit Sirayanon said that the male teacher would face charges of assault on a child in his care and threatening behavior. His wife would also face charges of making threats.

 

The husband could be jailed, said Banthit, in what is a very serious case of assault.

 

A summons was issued so that the accused would appear to hear the charges against them.

 

As is customary no one was named in the story.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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"A summons was issued so that the accused would appear to hear the charges against them...As is customary no one was named in the story."

 

Thailand. Hub of big carpets. Under which all such events are swept under, never to see the light of day again.

 

The teacher will return to his previous post and most importantly, will never lose face by having his name appear in public. 

"Faces jail, would face charges, could be jailed, summons issued."

 

In other words lets speculate, ask them to pop in for a chat ( when convenient) and we shall see where it goes from there.

 

Not holding my breath waiting to hear the outcome.

It really is about time that school teachers who seriously assault children do indeed start going to jail. Anyone else battering a child in the street would do so. Only when the teachers understand the consequences of violence is prison, are we ever likely to see these stories start to reduce. Kids should feel that school is a safe and secure place, not somewhere to be hospitalised by an adult who has no consquences to face.

Edited October 6, 20178 yr by darksidedog

Should be more reported for hitting these kids.....and sent to jail.

Ok then. So action taken **after** the vice governor heard about it...... 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

As is customary no one was named in the story.

Because they are not foreign.

 

There is an incredible amount of suppressed violence in Thailand, the Land of Smiles. Little wonder, when everyone is bullied from birth to know their place and bow down to anyone in a uniform or anyone with more 'status'. Every day we read of people exploding over nothing, as I'm sure this teacher did. Like, for example as reported earlier, some neanderthal jumping onto the roof of someone's car simply because she tooted at him. The place is a powder keg, which is also why we see incredible violence like seven on one, kicking in the head when someone is down, as happened when someone spilt some petrol/gas while filling the tank of a motorcycle. Or when, or when, or when ...... 

So what did the boy do to provoke the teacher? What made him snap? Many Thai boys of this age are young thugs, their voices have deepened, their bodies are bulking up, they strut around shouting loudly, with no respect for parents, teachers or anyone else, riding around on their motorbike, often until the early hours. M2-M4 are the worst. By the time they reach M5 or M6, they have usually calmed down or left school. 

5 hours ago, darksidedog said:

It really is about time that school teachers who seriously assault children do indeed start going to jail. Anyone else battering a child in the street would do so. Only when the teachers understand the consequences of violence is prison, are we ever likely to see these stories start to reduce. Kids should feel that school is a safe and secure place, not somewhere to be hospitalised by an adult who has no consquences to face.

Agreed. Thai men seem to take offense at the slightest brush, but allow others to beat, sodomize, sell, and kill their children.  Why doesn't a furious father or brother simply take matters into their own hands? I doubt it would be very difficult to dispose of someone in the countryside...all I can say is that if a teacher beat my child, and there was no punishment coming from a legitimate authority, I'd wait a decent length of time to give the impression that the matter was forgotten, and then I'd take care of things myself...or bring in a relative from a different province to handle the matter...we always hear about these scum who abuse/exploit children, and nothing seems to happen to them...I'm really surprised that bloated teachers, monks, and police are not found floating in rivers on a daily basis. 

47 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

So what did the boy do to provoke the teacher? What made him snap? Many Thai boys of this age are young thugs, their voices have deepened, their bodies are bulking up, they strut around shouting loudly, with no respect for parents, teachers or anyone else, riding around on their motorbike, often until the early hours. M2-M4 are the worst. By the time they reach M5 or M6, they have usually calmed down or left school. 

It does not matter what the boy did!!!The teacher is not allowed to lay hands on his students,Ever!!!If he can not handle the kid he should seek help elsewhere but of course there will be more than two sides to this story.

 

Just ban the teachers who do this sort of thing from teaching ever again, very simple to do but here simple is difficult.

 

Slightly off topic to emphasize how laws can be changed in a third world country.  Vietnam outlawed corporal punishment in schools five years ago, Thailand could do the same but refuses to let go of the past where teachers are kept on a pedestal above everyone else.

 

I just found out today my lady's son was beaten by a teacher in school in her village in Vietnam, she has been travelling with me these past two months and went home last week - she immediately went to the police, they arrested the teacher after seeing the bruises on his sister's cellphone (smart 10 yo to take the pics the day it happened)  Vietnam passed a federal law five years ago against corporal punishment in schools  -  teachers  are charged with assault,  His crime??  Playing with his cellphone during recess and laughing too loud with his friends.   I say the teacher is lucky my lady didn't get to him before the police did, she's a down & dirty vietcong delta gal and not afraid to throw some fists and feet.

Edited October 6, 20178 yr by TunnelRat69

11 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

 

Slightly off topic to emphasize how laws can be changed in a third world country.  Vietnam outlawed corporal punishment in schools five years ago, Thailand could do the same but refuses to let go of the past where teachers are kept on a pedestal above everyone else.

 

I just found out today my lady's son was beaten by a teacher in school in her village in Vietnam, she has been travelling with me these past two months and went home last week - she immediately went to the police, they arrested the teacher after seeing the bruises on his sister's cellphone (smart 10 yo to take the pics the day it happened)  Vietnam passed a federal law five years ago against corporal punishment in schools  -  teachers  are charged with assault,  His crime??  Playing with his cellphone during recess and laughing too loud with his friends.   I say the teacher is lucky my lady didn't get to him before the police did, she's a down & dirty vietcong delta gal and not afraid to throw some fists and feet.

 

Corporal punishment is outlawed in Thai schools too. But, well, you know......... Arresting someone would mean that the police have to do some work. They get paid anyway, so they don't bother.

 

 

                      Aggressive action like that, also sends signals to some youngsters in the vicinity.  It's teaches them that bullying behavior is acceptable, because they see it / hear about it done by a teacher.  When some of those youngsters become teachers (or otherwise interact with youngsters, later on), they may keep the trend going. 

I don't understand the parents. If a teacher did this to my child I wouldn't report it I would put the teacher in hospital