Police yesterday arrested a Thammasat University lecturer for giving good grades to two female students in return for oral sex.

Engineering school lecturer Kamthorn Cherdchookiat admitted that two unnamed students had oral sex with him. He has been charged with sexual molestation.

Police arrested him at his Rangsit campus office after he made a similar offer to a third student, who refused. She later consulted with her parents after the lecturer called her to discuss the deal.

Bird-flu fears

Bird-flu watch continues in Saraburi and Ayutthaya after a large number of chickens and ducks died. Local residents are advised not to eat dead poultry, while local disease-control units are on standby to cope with the possible spread of bird flu among poultry farms.