Shocking! Four-year-old raped by three secondary school students
Three secondary school boys are currently in a Thailand juvenile detention centre for allegedly raping a four-year-old minor in a school toilet.
There are suggestions that the boys may have been armed with a knife. The school was named as Ban Thung Krat School in Bang Lamung.
Speaking during a news conference on Wednesday, Paveena Hongsakul, who heads a foundation for children and women, called for an urgent review of the position and staffing of toilets used by young children at schools.
Chonburi provincial police chief and the 41 year old mother of the four year old. They were given the assumed names of Mo and Naen.
According to Linda Ikeji, Mo said on September 4 she got a call from teachers at the school where her daughter is in K1. They said there was blood on her underwear.
The child told her mum that she had been going to the toilet in lavatories at the rear of the school.
She said that there were three boys and they had a knife. Doctors confirmed that the little girl had been raped.
Chief Pol Maj-Gen Nanthachart Suphamonkhon said that three boys had been interviewed by police in the presence of social services and were in custody in a juvenile detention center.
Paveena called for CCTV to be installed at school toilets and authorities to reassess the positioning of toilets for young children on school compounds.
