UNIVERSITY HAZING
Students have been advised to refrain from drinking alcohol during hazing activities because it could lead to brutality. The warning was issued yesterday by Dr Bundit Sornpaisan, director of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Rajanagarindra Institute.
It came after a freshman at Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep complained to police that three senior students sprayed his back with paint from an aerosol can and then set fire to it, and forced him to dip his penis in water spiced with chilli. He suffered serious burns.
The court has accepted charges against the three students filed by Thung Mahamek police and set July 22 for a verdict.
Mr Bundit said a Corrections Department study found that the combination of alcohol and teenagers could easily result in crime, as drunken teenagers often acted wildly.
''Alcohol dilutes consciousness, causing hazing ceremonies to turn violent. Inner instincts surface as liquor suppresses rationale,'' he said.
Susopha Pensompote, chairman of the Rangsit University student council, agreed that alcohol could arouse wild behaviour, especially during hazing.
He said 85% of students questioned blamed alcohol for inappropriate demands made on freshmen, such as taking off their shirts and performing lewd acts
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