Banished villager allowed to visit his daughter
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Baan Kum Ma Nai Rong Khae villagers have agreed to let the father of a 12-year-old girl who has lived alone for nine years to visit the village.
The parents were reportedly banished from this village in Ubon Ratchathani’s Si Muang Mai district almost a decade ago after the man was accused of being a cursed flesh-devouring ghost.
After discussions yesterday with officials over the problem, Ubon Ratchathani deputy governor Suraphan Dissaman said the girl was moved to Rajaprajanugroh 32 School. Her parents, who are now staying at the Mit Maitree Home, would be provided with jobs and accommodation this week in Sirindhorn district. He said the parents had the right to visit the village without obstruction.
Village headman Banleu Saengchompoo said many of the villagers’ views of the father had changed, as his absence for a decade had erased the stigma. He said the villagers now wouldn’t mind visits by him from time to time, just as the mother had been regularly visiting the girl.
