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Mass haircut punishment spurs probe

At least 100 students subjected to penalty

High school students show a petition they forwarded to the Administrative Court seeking to scrap the regulation that authorises schools to set their own rules regarding students’ hairstyles, which has been criticised as a violation of students’ rights. (File photo)

Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has instructed state agencies to launch a probe into a school director and a teacher who allegedly cut students’ hair as punishment for violating haircut rules in Phetchabun.

Earlier, a video clip was disseminated on social media depicting a teacher of a school in Bung Sam Phan district using scissors to cut more than 100 students’ hair. He left them with…

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