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Hunt for drunk monk behind wheel
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/05/2019
» CHAIYAPHUM: Local officials were hunting for a monk who was stopped for driving while intoxicated, and later sped away from a temple to avoid being defrocked.
Phetchabun monk defrocked, jailed
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/04/2019
» The abbot of a temple in Phetchabun was sentenced to 26 years in prison on money-laundering charges on Wednesday. He was defrocked before being jailed.
Thai film to retell cave rescue drama
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/09/2018
» A Thai film retelling the story of the Tham Luang cave operation will start filming in November, said its director and producer.
Battered young novice dies
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 24/08/2018
» A nine-year-old boy ordained during his school break and then violently assaulted by a senior monk, his mentor, died on Thursday night after five days in a hospital intensive care unit in Kanchanaburi.
Police chief seeks allies to collar ex-monk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda flew to France at the weekend to coordinate with Interpol at its headquarters to pressure Germany into extraditing former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand, a highly placed police source said on Tuesday.
Police chief returns from Frankfurt alone after ex-monk 'claims asylum'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda returned to Bangkok from Frankfurt on Wednesday -- without the fugitive former monk from Wat Samphanthawong he had hoped to escort back to Thai soil from Germany.
Police add 3 accomplices to monk hunt
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/05/2018
» Police are hunting two Thais and one Lao national who are believed to have helped two senior monks flee as they were being sought in connection with the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
Students, temple novices nabbed for drug abuse
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/02/2018
» Twelve teenage students and ten temple novices have been arrested in separate raids and sent to drug rehabilitation programmes, local authorities said.
Outspoken monk 'explains' amulets
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/01/2018
» Activist monk Phra Buddha Isara has visited the Crime Suppression Division after being accused of lese majeste.