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Police step up probe into HIV temple scandal
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/09/2025
» Police are expediting their investigation into the scandal involving former abbot Phra Alongkot of Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu in Lop Buri, aiming to finish before a meeting of the new Centre for the Protection and Promotion of Buddhism on Monday.
Probe into ex-abbot widens in hospice temple funds scandal
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/08/2025
» Police have widened their probe into the sprawling financial network of the former abbot of Wat Phrabat Namphu, a hospice temple in Lop Buri province, with estimated damages now climbing to 10 billion baht, according to Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).
Probe of disgraced ex-abbot Alongkot 'ongoing'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/08/2025
» Police are currently reviewing evidence seized during the raid on Wat Phrabat Namphu and several other locations as part of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of more than one billion baht in donations by the temple's disgraced former abbot, Alongkot Phoolmook, and his aide, Seksan Sapsubbsakul.
Colonel, doctor accused of B60m medical fraud at veterans’ hospital
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/03/2025
» Police have arrested a retired colonel and a doctor at the Veterans General Hospital for alleged embezzlement through the resale of overprescribed medication worth about 60 million baht.
Decade-old sketch leads to woman's arrest
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/09/2024
» Police with the Anti Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) of the Central Investigation Bureau spent one month looking through loads of files to catch the last suspect in a decade-old human trafficking case. They had only one clue -- a sketch of an anonymous woman.
Pheu Thai digital money giveaway sparks scam apps
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/08/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) warned on Friday that online scammers are promoting false advertisements for the 10,000-baht digital wallet scheme, a policy proposed by the Pheu Thai Party.
New scam targets uni students
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/08/2023
» Police have warned about a new scam where call centre gangs trick students into sending fake abduction video clips of themselves, which are then used to get money from their parents.
Cops charge owners of fireworks warehouse
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/08/2023
» The owners of the fireworks warehouse in Narathiwat which exploded last weekend were charged in relation to the blast upon returning to the country on Sunday.
Firework blast couple arrested
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/08/2023
» The owners of a fireworks warehouse in Narathiwat that exploded last weekend and killed 12 people turned themselves in to police on Saturday, according to a local source.
Police issue scam alert during Songkran festival
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/04/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) is warning the public to be on their guard against online scammers during Songkran after nearly 5,300 fraud cases were reported last week.