The parents and guardians of five boys, aged 13-16, who are accused of fatally assaulting a mentally-challenged woman on January 10th in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province, were asked by district police to come in for questioning today.
Pol Lt-Gen Somprasong Yentuam, commissioner of the Region 2 Provincial Police Bureau, officials from the provincial social development office and the Department of the Protection of Rights and Liberties were present during the questioning.
The five boys have been held in police custody since CCTV footage emerged, showing one of them taunting the victim in front of a convenience store on the night of January 10th. The footage also shows the boys forcing her onto one of their motorcycles. The victim was later found dead and is believed to have been beaten to death beside a pond near a school in the district.
The victim’s estranged husband,…
