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The abbot of Bangkok’s Wat Talom knows that the growing number of foreign monks staying there is causing disquiet in the local community, following complaints of overcrowding, soliciting cash and ‘‘improper’’ behaviour. Phra Maha Somnuek Chutintaro says the number of foreign monks at the temple in Phasicharoen district now totals 316, with the majority fromMyanmar(160), Bangladesh (60) and Cambodia (50) and the remainder from India, Vietnam and Laos.

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