Jail rape probe nears completion

    Rayong - Investigations into the rape of Lao teenage 
girls in a police station cell are expected to be concluded 
in a week.
    The four victims have identified two more inmates as the 
men who raped them at the Muang district station, said Pol 
Col Kitti Ruangruengwong, superintendent of the Crime 
Suppression Division's 4th unit.
    Identification of Samnao Chaiyasarn and Prakit Jungjai 
brings the number of suspects to six.
    Thongbai Thongpao, the human rights lawyer who is to act 
for the girls in court, said they were in the care of the 
Lao embassy.
    The four, aged 16-18, were arrested on gambling charges 
on April 9 and later charged with illegal entry. They were 
being held in the cell with other male prisoners when they 
were gang-raped on April 11-14.
    (Bangkok Post, 5 June 1997)