Phayao: Unsupervised kiddies drown in pond

[StrontiumDog]

Unsupervised kiddies drown in pond | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Unsupervised kiddies drown in pond

• Published: 6/12/2012 at 11:56 AM
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PHAYAO - Two boys, aged 2 and 4, drowned in a pond near their home on Wednesday night after their parents went to work and left them unsupervised, according to a report on Thairath.com.

The boys' father, Tana Sae-Song, 29, and their mother, Wararin Wichitmekin, 28, told police that they went to work at a farm and left their sons at home alone. When they returned from work, their children were missing.

Police said the Hmong parents usually took their sons to a nursery when they went out. However the nursery was closed on Wednesday because it was a national holiday.

Local peoplewho went fishing at the pond, about 20 metres from their village, on Wednesday night found the children's bodies there.

A medical examnation confirmed they were the missing children of Mr Tana and Mrs Wararin, and that they had been dead for more than six hours.

Police warn parents not to leave their children at home unsupervised.

[Rocksteady]

the Hmong parents usually took their sons to a nursery when they went out. However the nursery was closed on Wednesday because it was a national holiday.

Not many options for hill tribe people. Tragic and is a stain on this country - its lack of provision for its peoples!

[parryhandy]

How on earth could you leave 2 and 4 year old children alone ? Must be more to this story .....

[Rocksteady]

I'm sure...

[Bangyai]

Police warn parents not to leave their children at home unsupervised.

When adults are this careless you get to thinking maybe it's the parents that need the supervision .

[aging one]

sadly these are the kind of people that shit upstream and bathe downstream. Just a freaking tragedy.