EDITORIAL
Jatuporn Polpaka was a nine-year-old Grade 3 student at Wat Bamphen Nua in Hua Mark. As usual every morning at 7am, he and his elder brother would take bus No.113 from the stop near their home, headed for school.
But the bus route between Min Buri and Hua Lamphong runs through a 5km stretch along Ramkhamhaeng Road widely known among bus drivers and conductors, as well as regular commuters, to be a high-risk zone as it has become a regular battleground between rival students of two vocational colleges, Hua Mark Industry and Techno Bangkapi.
Like most commuters who are largely in the low-income bracket, the two boys had no option but to use this bus route despite the danger. Yesterday morning, they took the usual ride, little knowing that this would be the last ride to school for Jatuporn.
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