TEACHERS of a school in Surin province raised 14,000 baht for a 13-year-old Cambodian schoolboy who was deported back to his homeland with his mother after an emotional scene at the school with the teachers crying as they hugged the boy before the police led him away, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 28
At noon today Ms. Kotchaporn Chumphet, director of Buachet Wittaya School, along with teachers and some students went to Surin Immigration Office to hand over the 14,000 baht for the boy and his mother to cover their expenses while there.
This Cambodian boy is a very bright student excelling in music, sports and academically with his mother saying he has no other papers aside from this Cambodian birth certificate while she has not renewed her passport for four to five years now.
The boy’s mother added she doesn’t know where she would go upon returning to Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province as she has no home there and has not returned for over a decade now.
However Mr. Pattana Chuenyong, manager of the Chong Chom Border Trade Market, asked a Cambodian businessman to help them and he said he would assist with the paperwork because he pitied them.
The village headman of Ban Non Sang said the boy has a Thai stepfather, Mr. Bai Phaopeng, 67, a resident in this village who has lived with his mother for five years now. He has supported his primary school education with the boy now in the seventh grade.
He was advised that upon their return he should legally adopt the boy after confirming his identity through a DNA test and contact provincial Social Development and Human Security Office and Surin Secondary Educational Service Area Office to get assistance in doing so.
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Ms. Kotchaporn Chumphet with the deported Cambodian schoolboy. Photos: Amarin TV
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