Teacher calls for justice after knife attack at NE school - corruption could be the issue, not personal

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A teacher called Phen at a school in Buriram has appealed to the media for justice after a colleague at the school attacked her with a knife.

 

Phen was slashed at with a "sparta" knife and punched and had her hair pulled as two female colleague tried to help her. 

 

The attack on November 3rd was caught on tape and widely reported in the media. 

 

The assailant was a man called Khiaw a fellow teacher in charge of budgets. 

 

Phen said she was still too scared to go into school and denied claims made by the school director that she is a relative of the assailant.

 

Both her and Khiaw have families and are married. 

 

She said that when he said "When are you going to end it - when are you going to stop?" it was not about a love triangle. 

 

She imagined it was to do with investigations taking place by the NACC (National Anti-Corruption) commission into the activities of the school director. 

 

The NACC had been at the school and interviewed all the staff over the allegations. Phen said she was not the one who instigated the investigation, it could have been anyone.
 
She said that Khiaw used to be in the finance department of the school and was now in charge of budgets. 

 

She claimed he had used a knife in a previous incident in 2020.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

She wants a full investigation by the Education Ministry.

 

Siam Rath said that yesterday local education officials were at the school - Sakae Phrong Anusorn in Muang district of Buriram.

 

While Phen is still on leave, Khiaw was also not at the school. 
 

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[2baht]

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

A teacher called Phen at a school in Buriram has appealed to the media for justice after a colleague at the school attacked her with a knife.

 

Obviously has no faith in the police!

[BangkokReady]

6 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Obviously has no faith in the police!

Exactly.  I was just thinking: "Report it to the police and then they prosecute him?"

 

They appear to even have video evidence.

 

I guess the people at the school are more powerful than the police and it will all get covered up.

 

Presumably he knows what is coming for him if the investigation continues.

[rbkk]

Thai schools are rotten to the core. If they were to travel to the adjoining provence there is a high school there that employs African teachers who are paid 18,000 baht/month but their school contracts state 28,000 baht/month. The budget lady of the school is syphoning from each of the 5 African teachers 10,000 baht/month = 50,000b/mth. It's been going on for at least 10 years..... 

[tomazbodner]

With prior comments about trust in police, my post no longer makes any sense - delete.

Edited November 12, 2022 by tomazbodner

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, 2baht said:

Obviously has no faith in the police!

I wouldn't have much faith in the education board investigation either..