Police in Ratchaburi province have arrested a teacher at a school in Suan Phueng district for allegedly molesting nine young students. The action was in response to a complaint about the teacher’s behaviour filed by a group of parents.
It is reported that the youngest student involved was just nine years old. His behaviour had changed and he was reluctant to go to school, according to his parents.
Another boy had allegedly been molested for four years, since he was in Grade 4. The assaults took place at the school, including in the teacher’s room, toilets and a mushroom plantation.
The parents told police that they met with the school’s director, who promised to investigate the allegations. Nothing happened, however, so the parents decided to file complaints with police.
The teacher was apprehended as he was leaving a provincial education office in Ratchaburi’s Muang district.
According to police, the teacher confessed to molesting many students, but said he was not sure whether the nine students in question were among his victims.
