Transfer order after 'rape'
Social Development and Human Security Minister Pavena Hongsakul has issued an order to transfer the head of the Chon Buri Home for Children and Family to Bangkok, following a claim that a girl aged four was raped in the state-funded facility.
The chief of the shelter will be subject to a disciplinary probe by a panel chaired by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Pavena said. Whether he would be dismissed depend on the probe but, at this point, the chief showed negligence, by letting males aged over 12 years into the shelter, as it is a place for children under 12. She said this was a serious mistake and wrongdoers must be punished.
Today, Pavena will visit the girl at Police General Hospital. The ministry has given Bt10,000 for the girl’s initial treatment cost.
Tomorrow at noon, Pavena will call heads of all state shelters in 77 provinces for a meeting, to prevent another such mishap.
At 9pm on Friday night, an arrest warrant was issued for Noi Khamsri, 57, who was accused of raping the girl.
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