4-year old boy 'tasered' by kindergarten teacher in Thailand

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4-Year Old Boy 'Tasered' By Kindergarten Teacher
By Khaosod English

BANGKOK: -- A 4-years old boy has been allegedly electric-shocked by an employee of a state-owned child-care centre in Udon Thani province.

He was brought to a police station in the province yesterday by his mother, where she showed the wounds on his body to the police and filed charge against the employee.

The 21-years old mother told police she works as a staff in a local shopping mall and her husband worked in various hiring jobs. She said she would drop her son to the child-care center, which also serves as a semi-kindergarten, before she goes off to work each day.

On 4 March, the mother told police, she noticed that her son repeatedly touched his bottoms and cried in pain. When she inspected, she reportedly found six small wounds - a pair of burned dots 2 centimeters apart - around his bottoms and hip.

According to the woman, her son said he was electric-shocked with a hand Taser by one of the teaching staff in the centre.

She said she promptly contacted the centre, which is operated by Chiang Pin Subdistrict Administrative Organization, whose staff admitted to her that a teacher named Mr. Thammanoon Thumpon indeed injured the boy "as a prank" as he took a nap with other children.

"They said it was not a big deal, so I decided to press charge with the police," the woman said.

Medical examination at Udon Thani Hospital indicated that the electric-shock caused burned wounds and fever to the boy, police said.

Ms. Naruemon In-Thon, director of Chiang Pin SAO's education department, said she has talked to Mr. Thammanoon and he has admitted to using the Taser device on the boy, but she added that Mr. Thammanoon claimed he did not intend to cause any injury.

According to Ms. Naruemon, the teacher merely pulled out the device to threaten the children, but the kids later "pushed at each other" and caused the boy to come into contact with the Taser. She added that the teacher will be subject to disciplinary action by a special investigation committee set up by the SAO. She also insisted that the SAO will foot all medical fees related to the incident.

Mr. Thammanoon told our correspondent he carried the device for self-defence purpose. He repeated his testimony, insisting that the boy accidentally fell onto the Taser.

He also claimed that the boy's mother only filed charge to the police after she and the staff failed to settle on the amount of medical bill and compensation money.

The police said they have summoned Mr. Thammanoon to provide formal testimony to the police. The investigation is ongoing.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1394179234


-- Khaosod English 2014-03-07

[casualbiker]

Wow.. Amazing this guy still has his job!

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[siampolee]

According to the woman, her son said he was electric-shocked with a hand Taser by one of the teaching staff in the centre.

She said she promptly contacted the centre, which is operated by Chiang Pin Subdistrict Administrative Organization, whose staff admitted to her that a teacher named Mr. Thammanoon Thumpon indeed injured the boy "as a prank" as he took a nap with other children.

"They said it was not a big deal, so I decided to press charge with the police," the woman said.

Medical examination at Udon Thani Hospital indicated that the electric-shock caused burned wounds and fever to the boy, police said.

Being as it was such a harmless amusing prank perhaps those folk who thought said harmless prank was a great wheeze might like to submit their bottoms for gentle bit of fun with a tazer gun.

Oh perhaps not, they might well suffer brain damage if that personal body area was tasered.

As an aside one must ask why should a taser gun be readily available within a child care centre?

[Eddy B]

The guy that did this should have his testicles tazered just for a jape.

[laurentbkk]

the boy accidently fell on the taser ....... well this guy didnt fall in the best cleve answer ..... how can you use that on a 4yo boy ..that's insane ...

[h90]

there are these electric ignited lighters, if you take the electric out, you can make jokes with it.

But not with a taser, everyone with an IQ above 70 knows that.

[EyesWideOpen]

His lucky day it was not my child......

[JoeThePoster]

Mr. Thammanoon told our correspondent he carried the device for self-defence purpose.

It's a dangerous job teaching 4 year old kids.

[Thai at Heart]

Wow.. Amazing this guy still has his job!

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Next he wants to be a minivan driver trying to break the time between bangkok and korat for a prank

[atsiii]

"... whose staff admitted to her that a teacher named Mr. Thammanoon Thumpon indeed injured the boy "as a prank" as he took a nap with other children."

"Mr. Thammanoon told our correspondent he carried the device for self-defence purpose. He repeated his testimony, insisting that the boy accidentally fell onto the Taser."

So... which is it?

[MunterHunter]

Absolutely disgusting... this so called 'teacher' should be dismissed and jailed for this!

Tasering a 4 year old child, they are lucky there are no perminent damage to the child

[kriswillems]

In any normal place this guy would be immediately fired, accident or not.

- you're not supposed to bring a taser for "self-defense" to a nursery. Self-defense against what? Angry babies?

- The boy had 6 small wounds ... he must have fallen several times on the taser "by accident".

- If the boy accidentally fell on the taser - did he also accidentally push the button at the same time?

- Even if it would be accident, the guy was very wrong - accidents like that should not happen in a nursery.

[Costas2008]

Feel really sorry for the kid.

Hope he forgets in time and no psychological trauma will be left with him.

[2008bangkok]

Wow.. Amazing this guy still has his job!

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Disgusting the guy still has his job, should be immediatly fired, f*$^n bugs me that they really dont care,

[ginjag]

Absolutely disgusting... this so called 'teacher' should be dismissed and jailed for this!

Tasering a 4 year old child, they are lucky there are no perminent damage to the child

Idiot teacher, He has to be dismissed. Not sane enough to teach at any level. Make him sweep the roads for a year locally --BUT he must be well educated to have the job.

[kurtgruen]

T.I.T. Like I always say in a case like this..."Too much Rice - Not enough Protein"

I have to admit, at different times in my life, there were a few cops, I would have gladly used a Tazer on, but KIDS, that's just sick.

[FiestyFarang]

"He also claimed that the boy's mother only filed charge to the police after she and the staff failed to settle on the amount of medical bill and compensation money" - once again it all comes down to money rather than morals.

Surely tasers are only turned on when the trigger is pulled therefore if the boys fell onto it as claimed it would not shock him unless the trigger was pulled.

If this boy had a certain medical conditions he could have died. Tasers should not even be allowed in school. I will go now as stories like this compound the ignorance of people involved and then they get insulted if people call them ignorant. The mother should care more about the health of her son than the money and the teacher.......nothing will be done so the circle circles.

[FiestyFarang]

His lucky day it was not my child......

You care more about the child's health and happiness than only going to Police like this mother when she did not get the money.

[Donnie Brasco]

Now they're too lazy to beat the child with a wire hanger or a broom handle.

Standards are slipping.

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit."

[paulrobertlane]

In any normal place this guy would be immediately fired, accident or not.

- you're not supposed to bring a taser for "self-defense" to a nursery. Self-defense against what? Angry babies?

- The boy had 6 small wounds ... he must have fallen several times on the taser "by accident".

- If the boy accidentally fell on the taser - did he also accidentally push the button at the same time?

- Even if it would be accident, the guy was very wrong - accidents like that should not happen in a nursery.

You beat me to it. Six wounds indicates three separate taser shots.

I would also be asking Ms. Naruemon if she considers "threatening" four year olds to be acceptable?

His defence that it only went to the police because they could not agree compensation is a sad indictment of the way teachers can buy their way out of assault charges. There must be tens of thousands of instances where it never gets reported because the schools pay up. Thai law is very clear, if a teacher strikes a student it is a criminal offense of assault. Criminal offenses should be prosecuted regardless of financial compnsation being agreed.

Here is a translation of the MoE regulation (tantamount to "law") on corporal punishment in schools.

"if a school employee strikes a student they should be immediately dismissed and their teachers license reviewed".

Clearly if the law was implemented there would not be many teachers left anywhere.

People who are even "capable" of doing this kind of thing have absolutely no place working with children, of any age, let alone kondergarten kids. The problem is, as can be seen from Ms. Naruemon's reaction, they will always look for excuses to attempt to protect the schools "reputation".

I would not only fire the teacher but would also be looking at Ms. Naruemon's ability to hold a job of such responsibility also.

[robertthebruce]

Been reading on the News, in the UK, there has been a teacher suspended, for ''Selotaping'' a childs mouth, as he refused to stop speaking and was unruly...???

[Tatsujin]

This guy would be in intensive care if it was my child ... never, ever hurt any child in my presence.

[Mooner]

According to Ms. Naruemon, the teacher merely pulled out the device to threaten the children, but the kids later "pushed at each other" and caused the boy to come into contact with the Taser.

And the teacher accidently pressed the button? Sound like the kind of excuse a four year old would make up!

[Johnnie99]

One of ours was beaten up by a Thai teacher in front of two other teachers and 50 students ... that teacher was allowed to resign and represents Thailand in sports.

Top that!

[lostmebike]

Wow.. Amazing this guy still has his job!

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That word 'accountability' springs to mind again.

It appears that the kid may have been tasered more than once. How on earth he hasn't been lynched by the boys family yet I'll never know.

[tomross46]

His lucky day it was not my child......

That teacher does not need to be shot with a teaser, he needs to bee stump broke. His balls nailed to a stump and pushed over backwards.

[MMarlow]

Being as it was such a harmless amusing prank perhaps those folk who thought said harmless prank was a great wheeze might like to submit their bottoms for gentle bit of fun with a tazer gun.

Oh perhaps not, they might well suffer brain damage if that personal body area was tasered.

As an aside one must ask why should a taser gun be readily available within a child care centre?

"As an aside one must ask why should a taser gun be readily available within a child care centre?"

A more rational aside one must ask is why you would think the teacher's taser was provided by or "readily available" in the centre? It belonged to the teacher.

[siampolee]

tomross46 post # 26

That teacher does not need to be shot with a teaser, he needs to bee stump broke. His balls nailed to a stump and pushed over backwards.

Fair brings tears to ones eyes just thinking about that course of action.

We have a number of tree stumps on our farm that could be artistically decorated if you wish to use them though.

[writeshack]

What a moron. Send him to prison. Not a taser, which shoots fletchets, but a handheld stun gun, which is even worse because it must be pressed against the skin for the two diodes to deliver a shock. that makes it deliberate. Accident, my arse.

[FiestyFarang]

Wow.. Amazing this guy still has his job!

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That word 'accountability' springs to mind again.

It appears that the kid may have been tasered more than once. How on earth he hasn't been lynched by the boys family yet I'll never know.

They are waiting for the money read the article.