Classroom attack: Father blames school as relatives offer 30,000 baht to hush it up

 

Thai caption: He survived classroom attack

Picture: Sanook

 

A father of a secondary school boy went on Facebook to vent his frustrations after a neighbor called him to say his son was in hospital after a classroom attack by a fellow M2 pupil. 

 

Two video clips of the violence have been posted, reported Sanook.

 

"Wai" ,14,  the son of Phinya, 40, was hospitalized with a broken left arm and multiple bruising to his face and torso.

 

The father has blamed the school in Phunphin, Surat Thani for dereliction of duty of care saying that he always thought that school was a "second home" and that teachers were "your other parents". 

 

The school reportedly said they would accept responsibility for what happened but were concerned about loss of reputation. They asked relatives to delete the damaging clips. 

 

The father was told that the relatives of the boy who attacked his son had offered 30,000 baht to keep it all quiet. 

 

Phinya has been to the police but they allegedly said they would wait 15 days before doing anything. 

 

With the outcry on social media the reaction of the school and police may well now change, notes Thaivisa. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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Police were waiting to see how much they would get before acting. 

4 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

Police were waiting to see how much they would get before acting. 

the 30,000 just went up considerably .....  

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Phinya has been to the police but they allegedly said they would wait 15 days before doing anything. 

I can already read tomorrows news! "Two scapegoat policemen in Surat Thani moved to inactive posts during investigation of dereliction of duty"
 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

With the outcry on social media the reaction of the school and police may well now change, notes Thaivisa.

Let´s just hope so. This is outrageous. Also hope that the father don´t step back, take the money and stay quiet.

Outrageous but not uncommon.  Most teachers do not want to be involved. Many can't due to the size of boys compared to female teacher.  Had a fight break out in the class next to mine. Thai teacher kept writing on the board.  I stepped in and broke it up.  Anyone care to guess who got punished

that he always thought that school was a "second home" and that teachers were "your other parents".

 

This is very much part of the problem. The school is not your second home and teachers are not your other parents. 

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

This is outrageous. Also hope that the father don´t step back, take the money and stay quiet.

Agreed but it does not actually say who was offered the money.  Could be a multi-split between father, police, hospital, school.  Might just be peanuts.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The school reportedly said they would accept responsibility for what happened but were concerned about loss of reputation. They asked relatives to delete the damaging clips. 

 

The father was told that the relatives of the boy who attacked his son had offered 30,000 baht to keep it all quiet. 

 

Phinya has been to the police but they allegedly said they would wait 15 days before doing anything. 

3 very typical responses... sick

I hope the boy recovers soon!

If there were no weapons used then I must be really old because all this police and money over 2 boys fighting. I had many fights at school and after fights we quite often became good friends. I even had a big yank kid smash a bottle over my head which resulted in hospital but never ever was there talk of money.  Fights on the rugby field and getting 6 of the cane for my efforts even though after the fight as I sat next to the field one of their players jumped on both my knees and really damaged them. Yep those were the days. I really do not understand this. Boys fight. 

 

10 minutes ago, Scot123 said:

I really do not understand this. Boys fight. 

Yeah, but here, Boys daddy 1 is likely to get his gun and shoot boy 2 , his dad and his wife, all the family, the dog and whatever poultry is clucking around the trailer

27 minutes ago, Scot123 said:

never ever was there talk of money. 

 

In Thailand money is always involved, especially in extreme cases. In my wife's village a young kid on a bike killed someone and no police were involved. Just the parents paid to make the problem go away. Another time, a man in the village shot dead a boy stealing fruit off a tree on his land. Money was paid, the killer left the village and returned there several years later and is living there now as if nothing ever happened. No legal process at all in either case.

5 hours ago, Cereal said:

that he always thought that school was a "second home" and that teachers were "your other parents".

 

This is very much part of the problem. The school is not your second home and teachers are not your other parents. 

In loco parentis is a legal doctrine holding that educators assume custody of students in school because they are deprived of protection from their parents or guardians. Educators stand in loco parentis or translated, in place of the parent.

 

In loco parentis, perhaps not in Thai law?

10 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Police were waiting to see how much they would get before acting. 

Hey...its a democracy. Both parties have an equal opportunity to pay off the RTP to achieve the desired outcome.

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Phinya has been to the police but they allegedly said they would wait 15 days before doing anything. 

Why?  Can someone enlighten me?

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Phinya has been to the police but they allegedly said they would wait 15 days before doing anything. 

Why?  Can someone enlighten me?

 

Negotiating period!

 

14 hours ago, Scot123 said:

If there were no weapons used then I must be really old because all this police and money over 2 boys fighting. I had many fights at school and after fights we quite often became good friends. I even had a big yank kid smash a bottle over my head which resulted in hospital but never ever was there talk of money.  Fights on the rugby field and getting 6 of the cane for my efforts even though after the fight as I sat next to the field one of their players jumped on both my knees and really damaged them. Yep those were the days. I really do not understand this. Boys fight. 

Beating another child until their arm is broken should mean expulsion and jail for more than a year  IMHO.

9 hours ago, Prairieboy said:

Why?  Can someone enlighten me?

People most involved only get paid twice a month?