Chiang Mai — Hearing the sound in the clip has left people everywhere heartbroken. A parent of a primary school student in Mae Wang district, Chiang Mai, reached their limit after watching CCTV footage showing a school administrator slapping their son on the head for fooling around with a friend while standing in line for morning prayers and the national anthem salute. The blow was so hard it produced a loud "THWACK" and sent the child's head snapping backward. The parent is demanding to know — what kind of administrator does this? Why wasn't the child simply warned or disciplined in a manner befitting a teacher? They are calling on the school's supervising authority to investigate and take action.
A wave of intense criticism erupted online after one parent posted CCTV footage from a school in Mae Wang district, Chiang Mai, upon discovering the behavior of a man identified as the school's director, who had punished a student in an inappropriate manner while the children were lined up and reciting morning prayers in the corridor in front of their classroom.
The post was accompanied by the message: "What kind of [expletive] are you? You wicked director — you don't deserve to be a director. Why did you do that to my child? Why, instead of giving a warning, [did you do this]?"
Meanwhile, the CCTV footage shows students standing in line for morning prayers as usual, with two boys poking and teasing each other. At that moment, the man identified as the school administrator said, "Hey, hey — playing around again," then walked straight toward one of the students and struck him hard on the head with his hand, producing a loud sound — THWACK.
Parents who saw the recorded clip reacted with a mixture of heartbreak and outrage, raising questions about the man's moral character and fitness to perform his duties. They expressed anguish in their posts, asking why he had not chosen to warn or verbally instruct the child in accordance with proper teaching principles, but instead resorted to physical force against a child.
The incident has likewise drawn enormous attention and caused deep distress among all who have seen it. Parents and online communities alike are calling on the Ministry of Education and all relevant supervising agencies to urgently form a committee to go to the site, investigate the facts, and take decisive disciplinary action against this school administrator — in order to ensure safety within educational institutions and protect the mental well-being of students so that they no longer have to face violence of this kind.
