Thai teacher gave some 100 students ‘ugly’ haircut to punish them

A screencap from a video showing a teacher cutting students' hair haphazardly, and photos on social media showing hair strewn on the ground. - Photos taken from social media

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Thai teacher is under investigation for punishing more than 100 students by cutting their hair during the morning assembly on Tuesday (Feb 7).

Thailand’s Education Minister Trinuch Thienthong has instructed state agencies to launch a probe into the teacher and his director from a school in the Bung Sam Phan district in north-central Thailand, the Bangkok Post reported on Thursday (Feb 9).