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Revered abbot Somdet Chuang dies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/12/2021
» Revered monk Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn, aka Somdet Chuang, abbot of Wat Pak Nam Phasi Charoen in Bangkok, has died at the age of 96.
Revered Somdet Chuang of Wat Pak Nam dies, aged 96
Online Reporters, Published on 09/12/2021
» Revered monk Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn, aka Somdet Chuang, abbot of Wat Pak Nam Phasi Charoen in Bangkok, has died aged 96 years.
Arrests not enough to reform Thai Sangha
News, Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, Published on 31/05/2018
» The early morning of May 24 was the morning of the long knives for the Thai Sangha. Commandos stormed Wat Or Noi in Nakhon Pathom to arrest the abbot, then Phra Buddha Isara, a staunch supporter of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). In an unrelated case, five of seven other senior monks accused of embezzlement and money laundering were arrested from three famous temples in Bangkok. The other two remain on the run.
Prayut vows to punish fund embezzlers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/07/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to punish all state officials involved in the 60-million-baht embezzlement from the government's temple maintenance funds, which has marred the image of many well-known temples both in Bangkok and upcountry.
Temple denies stifling 'change money' probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/07/2017
» Wat Pak Nam Phasi Charoen has denied the temple has tried to delay being investigated for its alleged receipt of controversial "change money" from maintenance funds allocated by the National Office of Buddhism (NOB).
Temple heads want agency to apologise
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/06/2017
» Wat Pak Nam Phasi Charoen has threatened to sue the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) unless the agency apologises to its abbot and assistant abbot for tarnishing their reputations over their alleged involvement in a car tax evasion scandal.
About politics
News, Published on 29/04/2017
» Politicians fear having to pay membership charge will alienate voters v 'Thailand's FBI' plans high-level reshuffle to win back public support v Appointment of panel head to oversee EC Commission bill causes a stir
DSI deputy chiefs named
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 26/03/2017
» Korrawat Panprapakorn, the director of the Bureau of Regional Operations, and Prawut Wongseenin, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and Environment Crime, are to become the new deputy chiefs of the Department of Special Investigation.
Dhammajayo stripped of monastic rank by His Majesty the King
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/03/2017
» Will Phra Dhammajayo be forever beyond the reach of the law? The monks rise to power & wealth seems to be coming to an end.
New top monk has 'proven credentials'
Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 13/02/2017
» The appointment of Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong as the new Supreme Patriarch by His Majesty the King has left no room for doubt about his credentials for the top monastic post, according to people close to him.