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Bangkok Post - April 24, 2008
Dr Adisak said physical checks showed the two boys, who were admitted to the hospital on April 10, had been sodomised.
The eight-year-old boy is a Prathom 2 student. The other boy, who is seven years old, is his friend and a Prathom 1 student.
The older boy became the first victim while he was in a toilet at an internet cafe near Chao Phor Suea Shrine in Phra Nakhon district.
The other boy was attacked three days later in a toilet at the shrine. This time the suspect was caught in the act by people who witnessed the attack and was handed over to Samran Rat police.
Dr Adisak said the hospital has already asked that the suspect be brought in for a blood test.
He quoted the parents of the two boys as saying that they were too busy working to watch their children closely during their school break, so the boys spent most of their time hanging around internet shops in the neighbourhood.
Pol Lt-Col Jumpol Kananurak, deputy chief of the Centre for Children, Juveniles and Women, said a panel has been set up to find out if the operator of the internet cafe in question was involved in the sexual assault in any way.
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