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Police step up probe into HIV temple scandal
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/09/2025
» Police are expediting their investigation into the scandal involving former abbot Phra Alongkot of Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu in Lop Buri, aiming to finish before a meeting of the new Centre for the Protection and Promotion of Buddhism on Monday.
Ex-National Office of Buddhism boss, actors to join temple saga
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/09/2025
» Actors, comedians, musicians and the former chief of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) are on the list of witnesses to be grilled in connection with the financial dealings of Phra Alongkot, the disgraced ex-abbot of Phrabat Namphu Temple in Lop Buri.
Probe into ex-abbot widens in hospice temple funds scandal
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/08/2025
» Police have widened their probe into the sprawling financial network of the former abbot of Wat Phrabat Namphu, a hospice temple in Lop Buri province, with estimated damages now climbing to 10 billion baht, according to Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).
Probe of disgraced ex-abbot Alongkot 'ongoing'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/08/2025
» Police are currently reviewing evidence seized during the raid on Wat Phrabat Namphu and several other locations as part of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of more than one billion baht in donations by the temple's disgraced former abbot, Alongkot Phoolmook, and his aide, Seksan Sapsubbsakul.
Former Aids hospice abbot denies all fraud charges
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/08/2025
» The former abbot of the Aids hospice at Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu and his fund-raiser on Wednesday denied all the fraud and embezzlement charges against them as a court approved a police request to extend their detention.
Former Aids hospice abbot arrested for alleged temple fund fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/08/2025
» Police arrested Luang Phor Alongkot, the former abbot of well-known Aids hospice temple, early Tuesday morning for multiple charges including embezzlement and money-laundering.
Probe into temple funds intensifies
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/08/2025
» Authorities are intensifying an investigation into Wat Phrabat Namphu amid allegations of large-scale corruption, focusing on the temple's affiliated foundation as a potential "loophole" for embezzlement.
Girlfriend of former abbot arrested in temple fund scandal
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/08/2025
» Police have arrested a 57-year-old woman, who was a romantic partner of the former abbot of Wat Nakhon Sawan, for alleged involvement in the embezzlement of temple funds.
Police vow transparency in temple donation probe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/08/2025
» The investigation into the donation embezzlement case at HIV/Aids hospice temple Wat Phrabat Nam Phu in Lop Buri province will be conducted transparently, says Deputy Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew.
Police raid 200 temples, arrest criminal suspects
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/08/2025
» Police raided 200 temples nationwide on Tuesday morning to arrest 181 criminal suspects believed hiding within the Buddhist monkhood.