A university in Bangkok’s western Nong Khaem district said Sunday that students who forced others to dance naked as part of an off-campus hazing ritual would be punished.
Southeast Asia University said it would discipline seniors who forced three male freshmen to dance in the buff to music as other students watched and laughed. A row of female student spectators was visible in the clip, which was shot at an unspecified beach.
“The university has a clear policy for organizing creative student activities,” the statement replied to the clip on Sunday. “Organizing activities outside the premises and activities that violate the rights of junior students are strictly prohibited. There will be punishment for senior students who commit both disciplinary offenses.”
The university said it had already notified those responsible for the hazing ritual as well as their parents.
The nude dancing clip was shared Saturday by Twitter user @Redskullxxx.
“This is an orientation ceremony that happened off-campus for Southeast Asia University, faculty of electrical engineering, fourth year,” read the tweet. “What era are we living in which allow juniors to strip naked for the satisfaction and entertainment of their seniors? There is definitely a thin line between intellectuals and idiots.”
นี่คือการรับน้องนอกสถานที่ของ ม.เอเชียอาคเนย์ วิศวะไฟฟ้า 4 ปี ยุคไหนแล้วยังมีการให้รุ่นน้องแก้ผ้าสนองความสะใจของรุ่นพี่ ปัญญาชนกับปัญญาอ่อนมีเส้นคั้นบางๆกั้นอยู่จริงๆสัส pic.twitter.com/Xljr7VAHw0
— Red Skull (@RedSkullxxx) July 16, 2022
It was unclear exactly where or when the hazing took place.
Despite being officially forbidden by most institutions, humiliating and occasionally fatal hazing rituals known as rub nong continue to take place, often off campus in June and July before the new semester starts in August.
“This is the worst kind of abhorrent behavior. These seniors deserve to be punished with no exceptions,” TarotYouuuu said in a tweet.
Several days prior, another clip surfaced that showed the same three boys wearing only pants being forced to chant obscenities and raise their middle fingers.
อันนี้คือฝึกให้รุ่นน้องเอาไปใช้เวลาทำงาน หรือไว้เรียกส้นตีนตอนขึ้นรถเมล์คนับ ปัญญาชนหรือปัญญาอ่อน วิศวะไฟฟ้า ม.ที่กูลงไปเมื่อวานนั่นละ รุ่นน้องส่งมาให้ดูอีกคลิป pic.twitter.com/CPPFMKZqCt
— Red Skull (@RedSkullxxx) July 14, 2022
In March, one student died when freshmen at the Rajamangala University of Technology Isan were beaten after being forced to drink alcohol.
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