UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATION
NILA SINGSIRI
UBON RATCHATHANI : A university professor has been dismissed for sexual misconduct in a high-profile case which has also resulted in police charges for the accused. Asst Prof Chakkarit Uttho was fired under an Ubon Rajathanee University order released yesterday.
Vice-rector Supachai Hathongkhum said a disciplinary investigation found that Mr Chakkarit, of the liberal arts faculty, sexually abused a 21-year-old female undergraduate, offering her good examination results if she allowed him to touch her.
The dismissal took effect on Tuesday.
In early July, the third-year student at the faculty of business administration, whose name was withheld, sought help from police, saying the 41-year-old lecturer had made an indecent approach.
Police suggested she pretend to accept the offer and use a video camera to record his behavior at their next meeting.
When the lecturer called her again, she agreed to meet him at his office.
Video footage of the meeting showed Mr Chakkarit hugging the student and trying to sexually molest her.
He was suspended from his job during the disciplinary investigation.
The victim was nominated by the Social Development and Human Security Ministry as one of the nation's outstanding women for her courage in protecting her dignity.
Chief investigator Pol Col Prateep Kitjawattana said Mr Chakkarit had been charged with sexually molesting a student, and abuse of authority.
The case file has been passed on to Ubon Ratchathani prosecutors.
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