Tag: students
Families argue after ninth grader badly slashes fellow student for ‘bullying’
THE families of two students with one having badly slashed the other for allegedly bullying him argued over compensation while the injured boy denied tormenting his classmate, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 7). The unnamed ninth grade student at a school in Pakham district of Buriram province used a grass hook which he brought from …
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Foreigner kills two teenage girls in Songkhla crash
AN AUSTRALIAN man driving a sport utility vehicle on a Songkhla road hit a motorcycle on which three female teenage students were riding, killing two of them and seriously injuring the third girl, Amarin TV said yesterday (Sept. 2). This TV channel’s reporters went to the spot of the accident on Chalatat road in …
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23 university student organisations reject Constitutional Court’s ruling
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWENTY-THREE UNIVERSITY student organisations today (Nov. 11) issued a joint statement to repudiate the Constitutional Court’s ruling delivered yesterday that calls for monarchical reform were designed to “undermine democratic rule with the Monarch as head of state.” On behalf of the 23 university student organisations, the Student Council of Chulalongkorn University …
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Student told to dye her hair black to a Pfizer jab
WITH students aged 12 to 18 years starting to get Pfizer shots in preparation for the new school term that begins next month one student’s run-in with her teachers over the colour of hair attracted a lot of comments from Thai netizens, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Oct. 7). The unidentified female student …
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Demonstration held to mark 7th anniversary of coup
A GROUP of demonstrators gathered around the Skywalk and the Bangkok Art and Culture Center at Pathumwan intersection this afternoon (May 22) to mark the seventh anniversary of the coup mounted by Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, then army chief and current prime minister, Thai Rath newspaper said. Meanwhile a student union group held a symbolic performance …
Immigration police deny barring foreign students from joining rallies
THE Immigration Bureau police today (March 10) denied having barred foreign students from attending political gatherings as announced by some educational institutes in Pathum Thani province, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Col Phakphong Saiubol, deputy director of Immigration Division 1 and deputy spokesman of the Immigration Bureau, said no such order with a warning …
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11 students hurt as van hits tree in Lampang
POLICE and rescuers rushed to help students who got injured after their van smashed into a tree in northern Lampang province at 6 a.m. this morning (Dec. 14) as they were returning to Chiang Mai city from an excursion to Nakhon Ratchasima province, Sanook.com reported. The accident occurred at Na Sang sub-district, Ko Kha district …
School or prison? Students forced to wear prison-like clothes all day
DRAWING strong criticism on Thai social media today (Dec. 3) is a composite photograph of two students wearing light brown clothes similar to prison uniform with block letters printed at the back saying “adjusting behaviour”, Sanook.com reported this evening. The photo was shared on “Lanna Students” webpage, with this being a forum for Chiang Mai …
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No uniform campaign gets underway at many schools
SOME students did come to school in casual clothes today (Dec. 1) the first day of the second semester as called upon by several groups to do so in order to claim dress freedom, Amarin TV reported this morning. Two key groups that had pushed this campaign are KKC student affiliate network and the “bad …
Gen. Prayut dismisses rumours of a coup d’etat
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Nov. 23) denied a coup d’etat is about to be mounted as rumoured pointing out that he has not announced one, Sanook.com reported. Asked by reporters about chances of a coup being launched as well as a martial law being declared to cope with the string of protests as widely …
University head denies getting student arrested without a warrant
SILPAKORN University President Mr. Chaichan Thavornvech denied having filed a complaint against his own student leading him being arrested without a warrant, Sanook.com reported today (Nov. 23, 2020). Chaicharn said in a Facebook post published at noon today that he did not contact the police during the four-day holiday and only at 7 a.m. this …
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Police probing kindergarten teacher who abused students
A YOUNG teacher at a Nonthaburi kindergarten who was seen in a video clip abusing first-year students, pulling the hair of one of them and pushing another to the ground, is being investigated by police after being sacked, INN News and Sanook.com reported today (Sept. 26, 2020). Parents of the small students went to the …
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Police move to arrest six Thammasat University students
PATHUM THANI provincial police have collected evidence to present to Thanyaburi Provincial Court to consider issuing arrest warrants against six students leaders of the August 10 rally at Thammasat University Rangsit campus on four charges, Naewna newspaper and INN News said this evening (August 18, 2020). The six student leaders are Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or …
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Prawit denies ordering police to follow student leader
SPEAKING before the photo session of the new Cabinet at the Government House this morning (August 13) Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said he has not ordered police to track the leader of a student demonstration at Thammasat University Rangsit campus on Monday, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Questioned by reporters whether he had given …
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PM to hear out students at an arranged arena
AMID a string of demonstrations since the middle of last month Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (Aug 5) that he is arranging an arena for students to air their views and will find the time to personally go listen to them, INN News reported this afternoon. Speaking after laying a wreath at HM King …
Students stage another demonstration in Phayao
AROUND 300 students and some members of the public staged a rally in northern Phayao province at 5 p.m. last evening to voice their demands, chiefly dissolution of the Parliament, stop intimidation of the people and the amendment of the Constitution, Naewna newspaper and Sanook.com reported this morning (July 28, 2020). The gathering took place …
Chiang Mai police warn people not to attend new rally
AS CHIANG MAI student leaders moved ahead with organizing another rally on Wednesday July 29, this northern city’s police issued a warning that doing so clearly violates the emergency decree, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 27, 2020). Chiang Mai City police also filed charges of joining together to organize activities meant to instigate unrest in …
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Anti-government rally on the sidewalk at Democracy Monument
ANOTHER rally took place on the sidewalk at the Democracy Monument this evening (July 25) after police had barricaded the road to prevent the demonstrators from spilling over and blocking the traffic with this group backing that three demands that the Free Youth group had earlier voiced, Thai Rath newspaper and INN News report. At …
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Emergency decree ‘not being extended to control students’
JUST AS the National Security Council came out today (July 22) to clearly state that the extension of the state of emergency by another month till end of August is not aimed at political gain nor control students, a group of students called for another rally on Friday, Sanook.com reported this afternoon. Gen. Somsak Rungsita …
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6 Thai students returning from Saudi Arabia infected with coronavirus
OFFICIALS manning the Padang Besar checkpoint at Sadao district of southern Songkhla province found six Thai students returning from Saudi Arabia to have been infected with Covid-19 and quickly rushed them to the hospital, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (27.5.2020). All six students are from southern provinces, and aside from two from Songkhla itself, one …
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Non-Thai students appeal for free lunch, milk
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF NON-THAI students today (26.5.2020) gathered at the provincial hall of Chiang Mai asking for free lunch and milk for themselves and about 80,000 others throughout Thailand. Led by several civil networks, the non-Thai students who have desperately intended to be naturalized as Thais peacefully held up placards calling …