by ZANI SALLEH, LEE YUK PENG AND A. RAMAN
FOUR teenage girls sought forgiveness from their classmate’s father after a video clip showing three of them assaulting his daughter was circulated in cyberspace, all Chinese papers reported yesterday.
The four, including one who witnessed the assault but did not stop the rest, sought forgiveness and said they would not repeat it again, China Press reported.
Another teenager who recorded the footage refused to apologise.
They were accompanied by their parents to apologise to the victim, who was attacked in a shopping mall, and her father at home. The father accepted their apologies in tears.
> Sin Chew Daily reported Thai Airways has lowered the average age of their flight attendants from between 35 and 38 to 30 in an attempt to attract air passengers and cut cost.
The daily also said the airlines has about 800 air stewardess who are 45 years old.
As their retirement age is 60, the airline offered them a retrenchment option with compensation equivalent to 30 times their salary.
The salary of a senior flight attendant is about 100,000 baht (RM9,600) a month while a newcomer only receives a monthly salary of 30,000 baht (RM2,880).
Thai Airways has 6,000 flight attendants with 4,800 of them aged between 35 and 38.
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