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Senior monk linked to new scandal not from Bangkok, say police
Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2025
» A prominent monk implicated in an alleged embezzlement case involving temple funds and affairs with a woman is based outside of Bangkok, a senior police officer said on Saturday.
70 arrested as police clear protest site by Govt House
Online Reporters, Published on 28/03/2021
» A protest site set up near Government House to press demands for democracy was cleared and 70 demonstrators rounded up in an operation at dawn on Sunday by the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).
Canadian man leaves monkhood after sex allegations
Online Reporters, Published on 11/08/2019
» A Canadian monk popular among locals in Mae Hong Son for helping the needy has resigned from the monkhood following accusations of having sexual relationships with at least one woman.
Former Wat Sam Phraya monks jailed
Online Reporters, Published on 16/05/2019
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has sentenced a former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and his secretary to six years and three years in jail, respectively, for laundering money budgeted to promote Buddhism into their own pockets.
Embezzling ex-monk denied bail
Online Reporters, Published on 19/04/2019
» The Appeal Court on Friday refused to grant bail to a former monk now behind bars while he appeals his sentence for pocketing more than 24 million baht in temple development funds.
Srisuwan to petition over Buddha Isara's arrest
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2018
» Political activist Srisuwan Janya said he will on Monday file a petition with the Office of the Ombudsman and the National Human Rights Commission over the alleged use of exessive force by commando police in the arrest of former monk Phra Buddha Isara in a raid on Wat Or Noi temple in Nakhon Pathom’s Kamphaeng Saen district on Thursday morning.
Ex-activist monk may answer one charge
Online Reporters, Published on 25/05/2018
» The former Phra Buddha Isara will acknowledge only the charge involving the royal initials, while an attempt to immediately seek bail has been deferred, his lawyer said on Friday.