Login Create Account Search. Nathaphop Boonthongtho, 51, director of a school in Bua Yai district of Nakhon Ratchasima, was suspected of having sex with a student at his school. He has been absent from the school after the scandal. Photo: Prasit Tangprasert.
Bua Yai Police handling the case had questioned several witnesses and earlier issued a summons for Nathaphop Boonthongtho to acknowledge the charge of taking a minor away from her parents for obscene purposes, said Capt Arkhom Boonsod, chief of Bua Yai Police Station.
If he fails to show up to hear the charge, the police will seek court approval for his arrest. If found to have sex with the minor, he will face another charge for statutory rape, said the police chief. Nathaphop, 51, was accused of having sex with a year-old Mathayom 2 Grade 8 student at his school.
Local residents also saw him going out with the young girl on several occasions. A source said the mother of a former boyfriend of the year-old girl had met the mother of the girl at their village on Wednesday Jan Nathaphop told the Bangkok Post yesterday Jan 25 that he was absent because he was receiving treatment at a hospital. He declined to comment on the incident. Nathaphop had reportedly lived with her since she was Supapongsa Chantharang, deputy director of Nakhon Ratchasima primary education office zone 6, yesterday said that after questioning several witnesses and examining evidence, the panel found the allegations had ground.
The findings will be forwarded to the provincial education committee, chaired by the Nakhon Ratchasima governor, today. If found guilty, he will be fired, said Mr Supapongsa. The age of consent in Thailand is 15 years old. Individuals aged 14 or younger are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape.
