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Claims of ID fraud made against Phra Alongkot
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2025
» The National Office of Buddhism (NOB) will renew its investigation into the identity of Phra Alongkot, former abbot of Wat Phrabat Namphu, following public concerns over discrepancies in his personal records.
MPs face flak for Buddhism comments
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/08/2025
» Activist Srisuwan Janya on Monday petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), calling for an investigation into two People's Party (PP) MPs whose comments during last week's House debate, he said, insulted Buddhism and risked eroding public trust in the religion.
Ex-National Office of Buddhism officials in hot water
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/05/2025
» Three former officials from the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) unusually accumulated wealth stemming from alleged misappropriation of temple support funds, says the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
Official suspected of graft
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2025
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has accused a senior National Office of Buddhism (NOB) official of having unusual wealth since 2009.
Thai monks lose over B1bn to stock fraud
Post Reporters, Published on 21/10/2024
» Thailand's National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has been instructed to investigate an alleged pyramid scheme in which monks were duped into investing in bogus stock in the northeast, causing damages worth more than a billion baht.
Rail work suspended after ancient relics found
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2024
» The Fine Arts Department has ordered the suspension of construction of the Den Chai-Chiang Khong railway in tambon Toong Kwao of Phrae's Muang district after the discovery of ancient artefacts aged between 400 and 500 years in the construction site.
B56m to be recovered in temple graft scandal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2023
» The Criminal Court has ordered the recovery of 56 million baht swindled by a former section head of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) convicted of graft, according to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
Senior monk accused of embezzling temple funds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/07/2022
» A former asset manager of a temple in Bangkok has renewed a complaint he made against the temple's current abbot, accusing him of embezzling 95 million baht and disposing of a partially cremated corpse into the Chao Phraya River.
NOB to list virus-ready temples
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/05/2021
» The National Office of Buddhism (NOB) will release a list of temples which are equipped to cremate those who died of Covid-19, its director, Narong Song-arom said on Monday.
Covid victim cremated after snubs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/05/2021
» Chachoengsao: The body of a 76-year-old woman who died of Covid-19 on Saturday was finally cremated yesterday, after four temples refused to cremate her remains out of concern about possible contagion.