Hazing victims' parents seek help

Parents of 15yearold Adisak Phanpheng, who sustained a fatal injury during a freshmen hazing ritual at the hands of older students at Neda Business Administration and Engineering School on January 21, have appealed for justice to the Samut Prakan governor.

Adisak's father, Pramin Phanpheng, who filed a complaint at City Hall along with his wife and 50 villagers, said Adisak joined the hazing ritual hosted by secondyear students at a Samut Prakan housing estate on the night of January 21.

The freshmen were told by the older students that anyone who could take three kicks to the chest would win a Tshirt bearing an image of the Hindu god Vishnu and the school's former name. Adisak accepted the dare, but collapsed after being kicked. He was later pronounced dead at Chularat 5 Hospital with a torn right lung and injuries to his brain. Pramin said he had filed a police complaint at Bang Sao Thong police station but had seen little progress, adding that the school had refused to take responsibility.