Boy, 14, held for rape of 3 sisters

SA KAEO — Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy on charges of raping three girls aged 7, 8 and 9 who are siblings and his neighbours in Aranyaprathet district.

Police were called to an unregistered house at Moo 4 village in tambon Khlong Tab Chan on Sunday where the boy lived. He was surrounded by about 20 villagers including village headman Sungwarn Lakunplearn, Siam Rath reported.

Mr Sungwarn told police the boy persuaded the girls who live near his home to play in a haystack at noon Saturday. The boy allegedly confessed that he got sexually aroused while playing with the girls and led the youngest in the group to the back and raped her. He then did the same with the other two.

He claimed the girls did not know what he was doing with them.

Mr Sungwarn said the girls later told their mother who alerted him about the incident. The boy was sleeping when he led other villagers to his house and called police to arrest him.

Pol Capt Chaiya Maneesoot, deputy officer at Aranyaprathet police station, said officials from the Sa Kaeo Office of Social Development and Human Security and Office of Public Prosecution would attend police interrogations as the accused and the victims are minors.



