Freshman dies from beating during hazing
published : 15 Mar 2022 at 11:07
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
A 19-year-old freshman student at a university died during a brutal hazing ritual by six senior male students.
The details were posted on the Facebook page "ANTI SOTUS" along with a photo of the victim, Padyos Chonpakdi, 19, a first-year student at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan.
The post said senior students took Padyos with them to a rice field where they said they were going to play football, in Nakhon Ratchsima.
The gathering in the rice field turned out to be a hazing ritual. Padyos was forced to drink alcohol and then beaten by the senior students until he became unconscious.
When efforts to revive him were unsuccessful he was taken to hospital, about 20 kilometres away. Padyos died on the way to the hospital.
Padyos' father met the six senior students, who prostrated themselves at his feet in a show of apology and admitted their guilt.
An initial examination at hospital found Padyos had Covid-19, but the infection was mild.
Padyos' father said he would also take legal action against the six senior students and any others who might have been involved.
Vocabulary
- beaten: when someone is hit violently several times - ตี, เคาะ, หวด, ตบ, เฆี่ยน
- guilt: the unhappy feelings caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something wrong - ความรู้สึกผิด, ความสำนึก
- hazing (noun): to play tricks on somebody, especially a new student, or to give them very unpleasant things to do, sometimes as a condition for entering a college, university or a group within an educational institution - การแกล้ง (ผู้ที่มีตำแหน่งต่ำกว่า), การกลั่นแกล้ง
- prostrate (verb): the action of lying with your face downwards, especially in worship - นอนราบกับพื้น, หมอบ, นอนคว่ำ
- revive: to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use - ทำให้ฟื้นชีพ
- ritual: a formal ceremony - พิธีการ
- senior: a person who is older than you - ผู้อาวุโส
- unconscious : in a sleeplike condition, usually from an illness or injury - หมดสติ
- victim: someone who has been affected by a bad situation, such as a disaster, illness or an accident - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย