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Thaksin ‘could have been returned to prison hospital’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/07/2025
» A doctor from the Police General Hospital told a court on Friday that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra could have been returned to the Corrections Department hospital shortly after initial treatment.
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.
Charges mount against woman at centre of temple sex scandal
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/07/2025
» Police charges are mounting against the 35-year-old woman known as “Sika Golf” who allegedly had sex with many senior monks at well-known temples in many provinces and also blackmailed them.
Police arrest woman at centre of monk sex scandal
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/07/2025
» NONTHABURI: Police have arrested the woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving numerous senior monks on charges of enabling malfeasance, laundering money and receiving stolen goods.
Hospital, prison staff to testify in Thaksin probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/07/2025
» The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions is set to summon Corrections Department and prison hospital officials to provide testimony on former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's hospital stay on Tuesday.
Two more senior monks quit as 'Ms Golf' sex scandal widens
Published on 14/07/2025
» Two more senior monks abruptly left the monkhood on Monday after being linked to the temple sex and money scandal surrounding the woman known as "Golf".
Corrupt monks have lost their way
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/07/2025
» Just as Thailand was about to celebrate Asalha Bucha Day and the start of Buddhist Lent, the nation was gripped by the biggest sex scandal ever to rock its clergy. How irony.
Defrocked monks face criminal investigation
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/07/2025
» Thai police have called for monastic action against senior monks implicated in the “Sika Golf” sex scandal, amid a rise in misconduct cases and apparent attempts to evade investigation.
Ex-abbot admits to love affair
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/07/2025
» The former abbot of Wat Phra Phutthachai in Saraburi has admitted to a years-long romantic relationship with a woman known as "Sika Golf", saying he had even planned to leave the monkhood to marry her -- only to later discover she was also romantically involved with senior monks from other well-known temples.
Huawei probe blunder sparks EU rules change
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» STRASBOURG, France - When European lawmaker Giusi Princi learnt she was sought by Belgian authorities over a graft investigation linked to the Chinese tech giant Huawei in May, she was “dumbfounded”.