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Senior monk linked to new scandal not from Bangkok, say police
Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2025
» A prominent monk implicated in an alleged embezzlement case involving temple funds and affairs with a woman is based outside of Bangkok, a senior police officer said on Saturday.
'Big Tao' cracking down on misbehaving monks
News, Published on 19/07/2025
» The deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, has been seen at temple halls across several provinces in the past couple of days.
MFA to lodge complaint
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/07/2025
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is preparing to lodge a formal protest against Cambodia after three Thai soldiers were injured by an anti-personnel landmine near the Thai-Cambodian border in what may be a breach of the Ottawa Convention.
New scandal echoing 'Sika Golf' emerges
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/07/2025
» Police are investigating a high-ranking monk over allegations he embezzled hundreds of millions of baht in temple donations and engaged in an inappropriate romantic relationship, in a case reminiscent of the recent "Sika Golf" scandal.
4 million speed pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers in Chiang Rai
Published on 18/07/2025
» Authorities seized 4 million speed pills left behind by fleeing smugglers near the Thai-Lao border in Wiang Kaen district of Chiang Rai in the early hours of Friday.
Love, lust and lost funds
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/07/2025
» A growing scandal involving senior Buddhist monks and a woman dubbed "Sika Golf" has gripped Thailand in recent weeks. The case centres on Wilawan Emsawat, a 35-year-old woman accused of forging intimate relationships with high-ranking monks and allegedly using them for financial gain, sparking a wide-ranging police investigation and multiple arrests.
Thai army probing landmine incident on border
Published on 17/07/2025
» The Thai army is trying to find out whether a landmine that injured three Thai soldiers — one of whom lost a foot — was old or a newly planted one at the border with Cambodia in Ubon Ratchathani.
Police to make background checks on all monks nationwide
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/07/2025
» Police will check the backgrounds of about 300,000 Buddhist monks nationwide in the wake of the scandal involving several senior monks and a woman known as “Sika Golf”, who was arrested on Tuesday.
Gamblers arrested, B274m in chips seized during Bangkok raid
Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» Twenty gamblers were arrested and chips worth over 270 million baht seized when police raided a gambling den in Bangkok’s Bang Khae district.
Army 'ready' to fence off border temple if asked
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» The commander of the 2nd Army Region said on Tuesday he is prepared to proceed with fencing off the disputed Ta Muen Thom temple in Surin province pending an order from the government and the Department of Fine Arts.