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News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/04/2021
» Five former senior monks have been cleared of money laundering charges in connection with the temple fund embezzlement scandal, said a source.
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/03/2021
» The Appeal Court yesterday upheld an eight-month jail term, suspended for one year, for the former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya, Phra Phrom Dilok, over his alleged involvement in the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/03/2021
» A former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya in Bangkok has lost his appeal against a suspended 8-month prison sentence for embezzling five million baht from a temple's education fund.
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/09/2020
» The Appeal Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and acquitted the former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his aide of all charges relating to alleged embezzlement in a five million baht Buddhist education project.
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/03/2020
» The former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya, Phra Phrom Dilok, has received an additional eight-month prison sentence, suspended for one year, in connection with the embezzlement of a five-million-baht budget allocated for a Buddhist education project.
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/05/2019
» The former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya, Phra Phrom Dilok, has been sentenced to six months in jail for his involvement in the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/12/2018
» On the crime front, public attention was dominated to a large degree by news stories that were wide-ranging, unusual and controversial. The alleged bitcoin fraud had police and readers delving into the complexity of the cryptocurrency issue, which is new to most people, while the arrest of senior clergy in temple fund embezzlement cases tested people's faith in Buddhism. Meanwhile, the arrest of a policeman-turned-hitman responsible for at least two murders, brought back memories of his alleged connection to the kidnapping and murders of the wife and son of a jeweller holding vital clues in the 1995 stolen Saudi gems case. Police also claimed success in nabbing all overstayers in a long-running crackdown. However, the reportedly accidental shooting death of an Indian tourist in a gun battle between two rival Bangkok gangs undermined confidence in tourist safety.
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/09/2018
» Police investigators have linked two more Buddhist temples to a temple fund embezzlement scam, bringing the number involved in the fraud up to 12.
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/08/2018
» The former Phra Buddha Isara was a no-show at the Criminal Court on Thursday. He was due to attend to enter a plea for his role in the anti-Yingluck Shinawatra government protest in 2014.
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/08/2018
» Public prosecutors arraigned ex-Sangha Supreme Councillors and others in court on Wednesday on charges of embezzling temple development funds and money laundering.