A school accused by a young activist of expelling her for defying its dress code responded last night to justify kicking her out for not completing its registration process.
The Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn school said it expelled Thanlapop “Yok” Phanachai, who returned yesterday to the school to protest its decision, because her mother didn’t attend a meeting after the 15-year-old was released from 50 days of detention.
Yok’s mother had postponed her education while her daughter was arrested on suspicion of insulting the monarchy. The school’s statement didn’t deny ejecting her and declaring her persona non grata for dyeing her hair and going out of uniform this week to call for increased student freedoms, school officials instead cited a bureaucratic rationale to portray its decision in a more sympathetic light.
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