A music teacher was dismissed from Patumkongka School after facing 10 charges related to the alleged sex abuse of a 15-year-old student over the past two years.
Police from Thong Lor station brought 36-year-old Tantat Duriyapirom to Bangkok South Criminal Court on Thursday to press the charges against him. The charges included alleged child molestation, rape, separation of a child from his or her parents, coercion and possession of pornographic videos.
The teacher, who had worked at the well-known public school in Bangkok's Khlong Toei district for eight years, was arrested on Tuesday. The arrest came a day after the affected grade 9 student shared his prolonged abuse story with his mother, citing violent abuse as the last straw that compelled him to speak out.
Thanu Wongjinda, secretary-general of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec), said the teacher was dismissed on Thursday.
Mr Thanu said the Obec would prohibit any teacher from being alone with a student in a supplementary class, and such one-on-one sessions must now be witnessed by an observer as a third person.
