NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations (NGOs) are unhappy that political parties vying to form a government after the election are failing to pay adequate attention to the needs of children and youth.

A 28-year-old contractor who was arrested in Bangkok on Wednesday for allegedly luring a 13-year-old girl over Facebook to have sex with him in Phrae province in 2015 claimed he did not know about statutory rape, said Crime Suppression Division deputy chief Pol Col Jirapop Phuridej.