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Fugitive monk surrenders in temple fund case after 7 years on run
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/06/2025
» A fugitive former assistant abbot of Wat Samphanthawong in Bangkok has returned from Germany and surrendered in connection with a temple fund embezzlement case, seven years after fleeing Thailand.
German paedophile sorry for 'fake news'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/01/2024
» A German tourist who claimed to have paid a one-million-baht bribe to police in Pattaya to secure his release from detention in 2022 for soliciting an underage prostitute has issued a letter stating that the information he gave was misleading, deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said yesterday.
Officers to be disciplined for freeing German child sex suspect
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/12/2023
» Two senior police officers who allowed a German man facing child sex charges in Pattaya to leave the country will face disciplinary and possibly criminal action, a deputy national police chief said on Wednesday
Police probing sex charge bribe claim
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/12/2023
» Police will investigate a claim by a German national that he paid a one-million-baht bribe to authorities in exchange for his release from a paedophilia charge, Pol Lt Gen Somprasong Yentuam, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 2, said on Sunday.
Temple fund investigation to end 'soon'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/06/2018
» Police expect to wrap up a probe into the temple fund embezzlement scandal involving three temples in Bangkok next month.
Police fail in mission to bring back former monk
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda, who headed a police team to bring back fugitive former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand to face questioning over his involvement in the temple fund embezzlement scandal Wednesday, returned from Germany empty-handed.
Cops to charge 5 for abetting ex-monk caught in Germany
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/06/2018
» Police are expected to bring charges against three Thais and two Lao nationals for allegedly helping fugitive former Phra Phrom Methee to flee while he was being hunted in relation to a temple funds embezzlement scandal.
Ex-monk held in Germany in airport arrest
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/06/2018
» Fugitive former Phra Phrom Methee has been detained in Frankfurt by German authorities while the national police chief has travelled to the European country to escort him back to face charges in connection with the temple fund embezzlement scandal.