A freshman at Kasetsart University's Si Racha campus in Chon Buri has suffered a critical lung infection after senior students twice ordered him to wash himself in a large pond in an alleged hazing ceremony that has drawn heavy criticism online.
The incident was exposed on Facebook on Saturday by user Nan Suratchawadee. She posted a message criticising senior students for using a nonconstructive hazing ceremony. However, an executive of the university later denied the incident was a hazing ritual.