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Two more held in Wat Rai Khing embezzlement case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/05/2025
» A couple linked to the accused former Wat Rai Khing abbot, Yeam Inkrugkao, have been arrested after investigators found their involvement in embezzling funds from the well-known temple’s annual fair auction for stalls.
Wat Rai Khing fraud bust started quietly
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/05/2025
» In a case that rocked the clergy and sent shockwaves through the Buddhist community, one man quietly stepped into one of Thailand's most revered temples -- not to worship, but to investigate.
Suspects in Thai temple embezzlement case 'amassed a fortune'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/05/2025
» Authorities investigating a high-profile embezzlement case at Wat Rai Khing have uncovered suspicious property acquisitions worth more than 40 million baht by Aranyawan Wangthapan, 28, within a single year.
Over B2bn traced in temple embezzlement case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/05/2025
» Police investigators have found that over 2 billion baht was circulated across 84 bank accounts linked to the high-profile embezzlement case involving Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom.
Supreme Patriarch orders transparency in temple finances
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/05/2025
» The Supreme Patriarch has ordered transparent finances at Buddhist temples across Thailand, as police found billions of baht passing through the accounts of a woman allegedly receiving money from the former abbot of a well-known temple in Nakhon Pathom over the past years.
Hospital says temple holding back
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/05/2025
» Mettapracharak Hospital says it has not received any donations or financial support from Wat Rai Khing for more than three years, despite the presence of donation boxes at the temple collecting funds for the hospital.
More charges loom in temple funds case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/05/2025
» Police are preparing to seek additional arrest warrants in the high-profile embezzlement case involving Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom, after discovering extensive financial irregularities and undeclared accounts linked to the temple.
Chousak eyes action over temple fraud
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/05/2025
» Prime Minister's Office Minister Chousak Sirinil has told the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to work with the Thai Sangha Supreme Council to prevent fraud at other temples following the financial scandal involving a former abbot at Wat Rai Khing.
Bad monks erode trust
News, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2025
» The recent scandal involving a former abbot of the renowned Wat Rai Khing, accused of embezzling over 300 million baht to fund an online gambling addiction, is deeply disturbing but not surprising. It will not be the last blow to public faith in the Thai Sangha unless meaningful and fundamental reform is made.
Police examine multiple bank accounts in abbot's B300m embezzlement case
Post Reporters, Published on 18/05/2025
» Police are examining numerous bank accounts belonging to Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom during their ongoing probe into its former abbot's alleged 300-million-baht embezzlement from the temple’s funds.