PIT alumni call for rector to resign within 3 days
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A group of some 500 alumni of the Pathumwan Institute of Technology (PIT) yesterday urged the rector Panya Minyong to resign within three days over concerns about his performance in the job in the past two years. If he does not resign, the group will pro
The alumni, led by Boonying Wasusinsuk, gathered in front of the rector’s office to ask Panya to respond to the rumour that the institute would be moved to Phichit province.
They also want Panya to take responsibility for student deaths that have hurt PIT’s image and questioned his handling of human resources, student recruiting, internal unity promotion, and technology development.
They said these areas needed to be improved for the institute’s to recapture its glory days.
Panya dismissed the relocation rumour, explaining that it was merely a campus extension to support more study programmes and give Mathayom 3 students a chance to attend a pre-engineer class to pursue a higher degree at PIT.
But the alumni still called for Panya to resign.
On September 12, two PIT students aged 18 and 21 were gunned down while riding a motorcycle in Bang Sue district.
Six Uthen Thawai students were arrested three days later and allegedly confessed to killing the duo to avenge the death of Uthen Thawai student Kankanit Phromkaew, 20.
Kankanit was shot while waiting for a bus in front of a mall on August 26.
