Nathapop Boonthongtho, 51, director of Ban Patong Thanoen Samakkee School in Bua Yai district, has been suspended pending a disciplinary investigation. School officials have urged the parents of the unnamed 14-year-old student to send her back to class so she can resume her studies. A school committee brought the scandal to the media’s attention early last week, producing Line-app chat messages from the girl’s mobile phone. Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Education Service Area Office 6 launched a fact-finding probe and determined there might have been wrongdoing. The matter was forwarded to the provincial education committee to begin a disciplinary probe, which was expected to take 120 days.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 29, 2018 05:48 UTC