Ta informed a police officer at the Damrongdham Centre that the sexual assault occurred to her teenage daughter, Khaohom, on August 26 while she was travelling to school in the Isaan province of Udon Thani on the school bus.

Khaohom’s school was the last stop, so she had to remain alone in the vehicle with the school bus driver, 58 year old Sonthaya. She then moved to sit next to Sonthaya at the front of the minibus. While waiting at a traffic light, Sonthaya reportedly put his left hand inside her uniform shirt and groped her breasts.