Thai child care centre officer accused of raping 8 year old with autism

A Thai mother accused an unidentified officer at a child development promotion centre of raping her eight year old daughter who has autism. The child care centre officers denied the accusation and accused the girl’s stepfather as the potential rapist.

The 43 year old woman, identified only as A, sought help from non-profit organisation Be One after a doctor confirmed to her that her eight year old daughter bore traces of rape. She could not identify the rapist and hoped the organisation would coordinate with the police in an investigation into the case.

A explained to Be One’s founder, Chalida Palamart, that was a single mother with two daughters and one of them has autism. Then, she married a new husband, now a suspect in the sexual assault case.

A disclosed that she shared the story of her autistic daughter on social media three years ago to look for a child development promotion centre for the girl. Then, an officer from a child centre in Chon Buri offered free care for her daughter if she came to work at the centre.

A agreed on the offer but later suffered from depression and thalassemia, so she was unable to go to work. The centre allowed her to work from home. So, she would drive her autistic daughter to the centre in the morning, return home to work, and pick her daughter up in the evening.

The suspicion began on August 5 when her daughter placed her mother’s hand over her pelvis. The girl repeated the same thing the next day, August 6, and expressed that she felt pain at the spot.

A discovered blood coming out of the girl’s vagina on August 7. She took her daughter to the hospital and learned from the doctor that the girl had been sexually assaulted. The girl had to stay at the hospital for 28 days for treatment.

A brought the matter to the child care centre but all the officers insisted they did not sexually assault the girl. The centre’s officers said A’s husband might have raped the girl.

A stated that she was unclear as to who raped her daughter but added she would keep an open mind and allow the police to investigate her husband if needs be. If her husband did commit the crime, she wanted him to be punished according to the law.

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