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Airports approved to sell alcohol on Buddhist holy days
Online Reporters, Published on 05/07/2024
» All six main international airports, including Suvarnabhumi and Phuket, will be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages on five major Buddhist holy days to boost spending by travellers and promote tourism.
Monks nabbed for poaching released on bond
Online Reporters, Published on 27/04/2024
» CHAIYAPHUM - Two Buddhist monks arrested for poaching in the Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary have been released on bail, as authorities continue their search for the provincial deputy abbot suspected of involvement in illegal hunting.
Policeman who killed doctor 'can't be ordained'
Online Reporters, Published on 25/01/2022
» The monkhood status of a policeman whose motorcycle hit and killed a doctor was thrown into uncertainty after the National Office of Buddhism opposed their ordination.
'Giggling monk' told not to be discouraged, keep teaching
Online Reporters, Published on 11/10/2021
» Former activist monk Buddha Isara on Monday offered advice for Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto, after the giggling monk told followers of his live Facebook show he was under pressure to leave the monkhood because of his unconventional teaching of dhamma.
Corrupt ex-Buddhist office chief loses appeal against 20-year sentence
Online Reporters, Published on 20/11/2020
» The Appeal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has upheld the 20-year sentences given to former Buddhist office chief Phanom Sornsilp and another senior official for embezzlement of temple funds.
94y jail term for ex-Buddhism office chief
Online Reporters, Published on 20/05/2020
» The jail term for ex-Buddhist office chief Phanom Sornsilp rose to 94 years when a court sentenced him for repeated embezzlement of temple funds.
Senior Golden Mount monks get suspended jail for B10m fraud
Online Reporters, Published on 19/05/2020
» The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Tuesday handed down suspended prison terms for two former assistant abbots of the Temple of the Golden Mount in a 10-million-baht budget embezzlement case.
Ex-Golden Mount abbot gets suspended sentence
Online Reporters, Published on 19/02/2020
» A former abbot of Wat Sa Ket (Golden Mount) was sentenced to a suspended jail term of 36 months and fined 27,000 baht for embezzlement of 69.7 million baht in temple funds.
Former Wat Sam Phraya monks jailed
Online Reporters, Published on 16/05/2019
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has sentenced a former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his secretary to six years and three years in jail, respectively, for laundering money budgeted to promote Buddhism into their own pockets.
Embezzling ex-monk denied bail
Online Reporters, Published on 19/04/2019
» The Appeal Court on Friday refused to grant bail to a former monk now behind bars while he appeals his sentence for pocketing more than 24 million baht in temple development funds.