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Parents seek police probe after 45 students left without flights for China trip

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Parents seek police probe after 45 students left without flights for China trip

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Parents from three schools asked Suvarnabhumi Airport police on 16 October to investigate a China study trip organiser after 45 students had no flight tickets on 15 October. Each paid 39,900 baht. One school has been fully refunded, another partly, and a third not at all.

Why it matters

The case involves students from schools in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Chonburi who paid 39,900 baht each for a short course, and parents are asking police to investigate the organiser.

Key dates

  1. 11 OctoberThe organiser told families the trip would go to Beijing instead of Xi'an because the Xi'an dormitory could not house the group.
  2. 15 OctoberStudents, teachers and parents arrived at Suvarnabhumi for a Thai Vietjet flight and were told no tickets had been booked. The organiser agreed to refund everyone that day.
  3. 16 OctoberParents from three schools filed a complaint at Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station.

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