“As you follow news, members of media and the public should sympathise and empathise with the girl,” Phang Nga’s police chief Pol Maj General Boontawee Toraksa said Thursday. The sexual crimes against her allegedly took place in a small village in Phang Nga’s Takua Thung district. A 17-year-old girl who identified her as another victim has denied being sexually assaulted. The older girl’s testimony has led to speculation that the rape claim might have been fabricated. Arunroj Sudenson, an imam at the village where the crimes allegedly took place, said officials should determine if the girl’s mother and stepfather had abused or manipulated the child.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 07, 2017 12:11 UTC