A 12-year-old Myanmar girl has been ordered held at Phuket Juvenile Observation and Protection Centre for 30 days while police investigate an alleged assault on a 14-year-old Thai schoolgirl in a school bathroom.

The Phuket Juvenile and Family Court made the order on 11 August 2026 after Cherng Talay Police brought the girl before the court within 24 hours of her being formally charged.

The accused, described as aged 12 years and eight months, is alleged to have attacked the Thai student at a school in Phuket. As she is a minor, authorities have stressed that her identity and any information that could identify her must not be disclosed.

Alleged assault

The alleged assault took place at about 1.30pm on 5 August, after a dispute reportedly linked to allegations that the girls had been gossiping about each other. Police who responded to the school found six girls involved in the incident, four of whom were students at the school and two who were from outside the school.

The 14-year-old Thai student who was allegedly attacked was reported to have bruising around her left eye and left arm and an abrasion to her knee, with doctors estimating that her injuries would require about two days to heal.

Police initially recorded the incident and the two sides agreed to mediation, with the parents of the alleged attacker agreeing to pay 3,000 baht in compensation, but the injured girl’s mother later filed a formal complaint after a video of the incident circulated widely on social media.

Court orders 30-day detention

Police said the girl was formally notified of the allegation on 10 August in the presence of a Phuket provincial prosecutor, a psychologist and a person requested by the child, in line with legal procedures for children facing criminal allegations.

Investigators then took her to the Juvenile and Family Court so it could confirm whether she fell within the legal definition of a child accused of an offence, and whether the charge and treatment of the child had been carried out lawfully.

At the hearing, police set out their reasons, necessity and supporting evidence for seeking custody. They said her alleged behaviour could pose a serious danger to others and cited other grounds, including the fact that her mother and father had lost their jobs.

The court subsequently ordered her held during the investigation at the Phuket Juvenile Observation and Protection Centre for 30 days.

If the investigation is not completed within that period, police may apply for further custody orders of up to 15 days each. Such extensions can be requested no more than twice under the legal process.

Immigration action may follow case outcome

Once the case has reached its final legal outcome, the girl will be referred to the Immigration Bureau for consideration of further action under relevant laws.

Pictures courtesy of Amarin

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How sad... 12 yrs and detained.. was there no other solution??? Suppose a court did it with a Thai girl in a another country...

If it were two Thai girls fighting resulting in only minor bruises, this outcome would never happen. Shameful.

1 hour ago, ronnie50 said:

If it were two Thai girls fighting resulting in only minor bruises, this outcome would never happen. Shameful.

Yes, shameful that, with her own actions, the 12-year old girl put herself in that position.

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, shameful that, with her own actions, the 12-year old girl put herself in that position.

Did she though? The article did not say much and kids fight all the time. Teen girls can be brutal to each other.

2 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Yes, shameful that, with her own actions, the 12-year old girl put herself in that position.

Did she though? The article did not say much and kids fight all the time. Teen girls can be brutal to each other

Pretty sure she did. The article clearly describes the attack by the 12-year-old on the 14-year-old and seems to be confirmed by the 12-year-olds' parents offering compensation to the 14 year old. Children do not "fight all the time", even if they did that would not make the attack on the 14-year-old justified.

In my experience the younger kids only tend to attack the older kids when a certain set of circumstances happen.

1 - The bully is often older
2 - The victim is younger / weaker

3 - Occasionally the victim of the bully will beat the <deleted> out of the bully.

I wonder what this incident was about and who he others involved were

Edited August 11Aug 11 by ukrules

On 8/11/2026 at 7:09 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, shameful that, with her own actions, the 12-year old girl put herself in that position.

She's 12, nearly a teenager! Guess you never had any. Between fights, smoking, Facebook and trying out lesbianism, you just can't win.

On 8/11/2026 at 7:20 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Children do not "fight all the time", even if they did that would not make the attack on the 14-year-old justified.

Time for you to learn about Thai schools. They're brutal, with continuous bullying and fighting.

2 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Time for you to learn about Thai schools. They're brutal, with continuous bullying and fighting.

Same could be said about many schools (especially middle and high) in other parts of Asia as well. S. Korea historically has had bullying problems on lower grade students or students who come from lower economic status. But this case is different because the alleged suspect is a foreigner and the alleged victim is a citizen. I mean does "innocent until proven guilty" apply when the suspect is a foreigner in LOS.

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

Time for you to learn about Thai schools. They're brutal, with continuous bullying and fighting.

Time for you to realise that's a ridiculous over-generalisation; my experience, having had three children go through Thai schools and universities, is not that there is "continuous bullying and brutal fighting" - none of my Thai children ever experienced that treatment -neither have I ever heard it expressed as a characteristic of Thai schools in general by anyone else with children in high schools. There are, of course, the odd exceptions but that is what they are, exceptions, not the norm

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

Time for you to learn about Thai schools. They're brutal, with continuous bullying and fighting.

My two children have each attended Thai government schools in CM.

They've never complained about any bullying, and never been in any fights.

Edited August 13Aug 13 by BritManToo

17 hours ago, BritManToo said:

My two children have each attended Thai government schools in CM.

They've never complained about any bullying, and never been in any fights.

They aren't big kids are they?

Seriously, that is a good thing.