Three women arrested for involving in teacher's beating
Narathiwat - Police arrested three more suspects - all women - in connection with last month's hostage drama that left one of two women teachers beaten into a coma.
The three are Hana Salae, Jehpe Samaeng and Amenoh Tomomayoh from Ban Kuching Reupah, the village where the teachers were held captive for exchange with two men detained in custody on suspicion of murdering two marines last year. The teachers were severely clubbed and one of the two, Juling Pangamoon, is still comatose. Doctors said her condition has never improved. Of 29 arrest warrants issued, a dozen suspects, mostly women, have been taken in, said Manote Ananrithikul, chief of Rangae district police. Some 40 people altogether are implicated in the abduction case, he said. In neighbouring Yala, three schools in Muang district have suspended classes since Tuesday after militants were rumoured as plotting to kidnap teachers. Prasit Meksuwan, an adviser to the Yala Teachers Federation, said authorities were pondering how schools could function with safety guaranteed for teachers and children. The three closed schools - Ratsadorn Utis, Ban Litoh, Ban Tanyong - will reopen on Monday, he said. The Nation
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