Trang school apologises after extortion of young student

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Trang school apologises after extortion of young student

By The Nation

 

 

THE DIRECTOR of a well-known private school in the southern province of Trang has admitted that a group of students has extorted money from fellow students at the school.

Wanthana Asoksakul, director of Darunothai School, also Saturday apologised for the situation and to the public for not being able to competently look after all of the children enrolled

 

She said a committee had been set up to investigate, and students implicated in extortion had been suspended.

 

Wanthana said she had been unaware that the school was implicated in cases of extortion until a story was run on social media.

 

The case went viral after the parents of a student wrote on social media that three students had extorted money from their child.

 

The parents said during the past year their child on several occasions had returned home with injuries, but said they were inflicted in accidents.

 

They then found out about the alleged extortion and intimidation from conversations between their child and another student on a messaging application on the child’s mobile phone.

 

In the conversations, students allegedly threatened to hurt the child if he failed to give them money. 

 

When the child responded that he did not have any money, the other students allegedly demanded that he steal some. 

 

The parents of the victim filed a complaint at a local police station last Wednesday. 

 

They also decided to remove their child from Darunothai School and enrol him elsewhere. 

 

“We need to ensure our child’s safety,” the mother of the young victim said.

 

According to her, executives at the Darunothai School had instructed her child to be vigilant and try to avoid the bullies. 

 

“They studied in the same class. What was my child supposed to do?” she said. 

 

The mother also confirmed that the parents of the bullies had already contacted her to apologise. 

 

“Their children must have learned a lesson,” the mother said. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30334163

 

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[Get Real]

Sounds like the school had the knowledge of the situation in a much earlier stage. Very ignorant behaviour, IMO.

[ChrisY1]

School directors...extortion...why not get the kids to do some of the "work"......?

Probably far fetched, but would many trust any school director?

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“Their children must have learned a lesson,” the mother said.

they probably have,... just which one?

[eddie61]

It was a course called " basic extortion", which counts as extracurricular brownie-points if you apply for the army or police

[Colabamumbai]

Director should be forced to resign.

[hotchilli]

According to her, executives at the Darunothai School had instructed her child to be vigilant and try to avoid the bullies.

 

That's the best advice the school could give the victim.. if you see the bullies hide!!

How far can you run in a school?

Why not find & expel the extortionists and solve the root cause ??

[holy cow cm]

Extorting only 1? Well the mom certainly just put her some in some serious jeopardy. Time to move. 

[soalbundy]

Bullying is a world wide occurrence, not just in schools. My 17 year old daughter, an excellent student, returned from school one day and announced she wanted to take a year long break from school, her mother went ballistic and refused permission. I got to thinking and decided there must be more than 'wanting a break' from studies.

 

I asked the missus to visit her best friends parents 'by chance' for a friendly chat and then start talking to the friend to ask about any trouble at school. After much prompting by her parents the truth came out. A girl with a vicious reputation had accused our daughter of making eyes at her boyfriend and had threatened her with serious bodily harm if she didn't leave school.

 

We went to the schools head master and explained everything, the girl was not only immediately expelled he asked us to inform the police as well, which we did. The matter was settled at the police station between us and the girls parents with the two girls present, her parents agreed to pay us 10,000 Baht for all charges to be dropped and their daughter was never to contact our daughter again, a contract was signed to this effect in front of a police officer. End of story, no more problems. It isn't all bad here and things can be solved rapidly when the right people are on watch.

[Rhys]

Baliff whack their pps..  Send those boys to the Drill instructors to where the cadets tow the line..