Photo via Facebook/ มูลนิธิ วิน วิน Police arrested a Thai businessman accused of raping a 13 year old schoolgirl yesterday. The accused admitted to sexually harassing the victim but denied raping her. The non-profit organisation Win Win Foundation revealed to the public on Wednesday, August 23, that a 67 year old businessman, named Charnpit “Charn” Sunthonkloi, lured a schoolgirl to work at his company and later took her to a hotel where he sexually assaulted her. The foundation added that officers from the Sam Rong Police Station attempted to persuade the victim and her family to withdraw their legal process and settle a compensation package with the perpetrator. The foundation demanded that officers provide justice to the victim and charge the alleged rapist. The Commander of the Kanchanaburi Provincial Police, Pairoj Kumphai, reported at 11am yesterday that the police had already issued an arrest warrant for Charn. Their working process was slow because officers needed to make an appointment for a youth specialist to question the teenage victim. Pairoj added that the police did not urge the family to drop the complaint and did not help the Charn escape from legal punishment. At 4pm yesterday, the Sam Rong Police Station officers arrested Charn at his house in the province. He was initially charged with taking a child under 15 years old from the person’s parents or guardians. Charn was taken to the police station for further questioning. At the police station, Charn met the advisory director of the Win Win Foundation, Chalida Palamart. He told Chalida that he did not rape the victim but admitted to harassing her by touching and kissing her. Charn apologised to Chalida and insisted that he had committed the crime for the first time. The police reported that Charn may face more charges after the questioning. They would also arrange more questioning between the youth specialist and the victim in order to obtain clear information on the case.
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