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Disgraced abbot surrenders, defrocked
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/05/2025
» Almost 850 million baht was found to have been transferred to the account of a female broker linked to an online gambling network after police sifted through evidence related to the embezzlement allegations against the former abbot of Wat Rai Khing temple.
Police arrest close aide of former abbot accused of embezzling money from temple
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/05/2025
» A former monk close to the disrobed abbot of Wat Rai Khing, who was accused of embezzling temple funds to gamble online, was arrested in Nakhon Pathom on Friday.
Disgraced Wat Rai Khing abbot disrobed over B300m embezzlement
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/05/2025
» Phra Thamma Wachiranuwat, disgraced abbot of Wat Rai Khing in Thailand's Nakhon Pathom province, has been disrobed for allegedly embezzling 300 million baht from temple funds to gamble online while police widen the investigation to find more evidence about gambling websites and those involved.
Broker arrested in Pattaya over funds from Wat Rai Khing abbot
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» Authorities in Pattaya have arrested a broker linked to an online gambling network who received illicit funds from Wat Rai Khing’s abbot, who surrendered to police to assert his innocence.
Elderly abbot accused of B300m embezzlement
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/05/2025
» A 70-year-old abbot accused of embezzling 300 million baht from a famous Buddhist temple and using it for gambling turned himself in to police in Bangkok on Thursday, just as they were about to seek a warrant for his arrest.
It beggars belief: second massive temple donation
News, Published on 30/03/2014
» Aiam Kumpiranont, the beggar who made headlines last year for donating almost half a million baht to a temple in Nakhon Pathom, has done it again — this time handing over a much larger sum. Two million baht in cash, in fact.
Beggar donates millions
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/04/2013
» Sixty-three year old Aiam Cambhiranon suffers from polio and speaks only in short, difficult-to-understand sentences. He could never hold a normal job, but as a beggar he excels.
Beggar donates B1m to temple
Online Reporters, Published on 04/04/2013
» The celebrity beggar at Wat Rai Khing, a popular temple in Nakhon Pathom province, on Thursday donated another one million baht to the temple after he contributed the same amount and made headlines last year.