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Published on February 6, 2008

The boys were sent to Ban Metta Remand Home on Monday on the condition that they would not be eligible for release on bail for five days, pending their completion of the disciplining programme there, remand home director Apapong Kritvethin said.

He reported that many of the boys had trouble sleeping on the first night as they missed their parents, while some had not slept for two nights since their arrest.

The girls are being detained at the Ban Pranee Remand Home.

Officials from the remand home interviewed the street racing youth one by one yesterday afternoon before bringing in psychologists and social welfare officials today and on Friday, he said.

On the last day, parents of the youth would be invited to participate in the programme activities to increase family bonding before allowing them to apply for bail.

At the Ban Pranee Remand Home, director Nanthana Phancheun said that the 34 girls arrested in the case, who had been sent there, was the largest number the home had ever taken in at one time.

She said the activities there were similar to those at Ban Metta.

Nanthana revealed that on the first day the girls looked depressed and fearful, wondering whether their parents would apply for their bail. The girls had said they joined the street-racing activities for fun and because of peer pressure.