Nakhon Ratchasima education zone 6 on Tuesday issued an order transferring Nathaphop Boonthongtho, director of Patong Thanoen Samakkhi School in Bua Yai district, to an inactive post at the zone office.
Mr Nathaphop would be called for questioning. So far, officials had been unable to contact him. He was absent from the school and had turned off his mobile phone. They had also previously complained unsuccessfully to the zone office, objecting to his being posted to the school after being involved in a sex scandal at his former school.
Local residents also saw him and the young girl out together on several occasions. As the girl was only 14 years old, the school director would face harsh punishment if the allegations were found to have grounds, an official said. That would include being expelled from the teaching service. A close friend of the girl said her friend often spoke of her affair with the school director. The girl previously had a boyfriend, a Mathayom Suksa 3 student. During a scout camping trip on Dec 26 last year, the girl began a relationship with him, the friend alleged.
Since then, the director had many times asked her accompany him on visits to other places, according to the girl's friend. Other Services. School head transferred, faces sex scandal probe 5. School head transferred, faces sex scandal probe. Senior education officials question teachers and parents about alleged sexual misconduct involving the director of Patong Thanoen Samakkhi School in Nakhon Ratchasima's Bua Yai district and a year-old girl student.
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