Thai-ASEAN News Network - Teacher Who Allegedly Raped 3 Primary Students Remains at Large



Teacher Who Allegedly Raped 3 Primary Students Remains at Large

UPDATE : 20 March 2012

Police are speeding up the investigation regarding a case where three girls were raped by a teacher, while authorities are preparing an arrest warrant to bring the culprit to justice.

Police from the Wang Muang Police Station in Saraburi Province along with psychologists have interrogated three female third-graders.


The girls said that they were rape victims of a 59 year-old teacher at Muak Lek’s Wang Yang Temple School, Viharn Nopparit. However, the investigation details cannot be revealed.

The mother of one of the victims disclosed that after her daughter and her daughter’s friends were raped by Viharn, the matter has been reported to the police for prosecution, and that Viharn has quit teaching and fled the area.

The Primary Education Office District 2 has suspended Viharn from government service since March 20.

Wang Muang Police disclosed that witnesses have been interrogated. They are now waiting for results of medical check up on the victims from the Wang Muang Hospital, in order to further issue an arrest warrant for the suspect.