Thai police officer denies sexually assaulting teenage girl (video)
Alarming viral footage on social media allegedly shows a Thai police officer sexually assaulting a young girl in the Isaan province of Sisaket. The officer vehemently denied the accusation.
The local social media influencer in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani shared videos of the incident on his Facebook account, บ้านเฮียชาญ อุ้ยอุบล (Ban Hia Charn, Aui Ubon), on November 29. The videos gained more attention after the renowned Facebook page, Social Hunter 2022, reshared them.
In the first video, the policeman in full uniform was seen hugging a young girl in a red shirt and kissing her on the head outside a house. Another video featured the policeman sitting at the same house and hugging the girl.
The person who recorded the video was confident that this police officer sexually assaulted the girl and was heard saying, “You are a bastard!”
Channel 8 conducted further investigation into the case and reported that the officer in the video was a police sergeant major serving Non Khun Police Station in Sisaket. He was identified only as Khom in the report. The girl in the video is reportedly 14 years old.
The media contacted the Superintendent of the police station, Phattara Kamon, who promised to question Khom in detail.
Mother defends police
While waiting for clarification, the media contacted the girl’s mother. The mother insisted that she did not consider the police officer’s actions to be sexual assault because Khom was very kind to her daughter. She and the police officer knew each other well, even if they were not friends or relatives.
The mother insisted that Khom usually hugged and kissed her daughter as seen in the video but he did it when he was not in uniform. She did not know who recorded the video or why the person released the video to the public.
The media eventually managed to contact Khom and visited him at his home for an interview. Khom stated that he loved the girl like his biological niece. Her mother had asked him to take care of the girl when she was busy, so they were close to each other.
Khom insisted that he had no romantic feelings for the girl and already discussed the issue with her mother. They already settled the issue.
Despite the clarification from both parties, some netizens expressed their concern over the girl’s safety and suspected that the police might be hiding his real intentions from the girl and her family.
