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Dhamma helps inmates accept fate
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/05/2022
» The Corrections Department has invited Phra Khru Phawana Viriyawat, the abbot of Wat Phutthaphot Hariphunchai in Lamphun, to teach dhamma to death-row inmates to help them accept their destiny.
Ex-abbot of Wat Sam Phraya loses appeal in B5m funds-fraud case
King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/03/2021
» A former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya in Bangkok has lost his appeal against a suspended 8-month prison sentence for embezzling five million baht from a temple's education fund.
NACC told of abbot's alleged theft
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 06/08/2020
» Representatives of the Phutha Anekprasong Wat Sanghathan Foundation on Wednesday asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to probe alleged embezzlement by an abbot at the famous temple in Nonthaburi.
Si Quey's body cremated at last
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/07/2020
» The body of notorious serial killer Si Quey was cremated in Nonthaburi yesterday after six decades of being on public display at a museum in Bangkok.
Serving up to the saffron robes
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/07/2020
» Monks and laypeople are part and parcel of any Thai community and the preachers in saffron robes often come to local people for their meals.
Corrections Dept goes on fake news warpath
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/01/2020
» The Department of Corrections is looking to file charges against the administrator of the "Anny Anny Khon Thai Hua Jai Pi Tak Put" (Anny Anny with A Heart to Protect Buddhism) Facebook page, for disseminating fake news.
DSI steps up bid to net rogue monk
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/07/2019
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has renewed efforts to arrest Phra Dhammajayo, the former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, after Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin ordered the DSI to step up its probe into the multi-billion-baht Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) embezzlement case.
Welcome to the Holy Pond
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 06/04/2019
» At a temple in Sing Buri about 150 kilometres north of Bangkok, worshippers carry buckets of water which they then pour into a sacred pond to fulfil their vows after their wishes have come true.
As ever, money the root of many evils in 2018
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/12/2018
» Former DSI chief Tarit Pengdith may have stolen the headlines this month after he received a one-year prison term for his role in the police station construction scandal. However, the team which he once headed handled a number of high-profile cases in 2018.
DSI insists case of 2010 temple deaths not closed
King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/12/2018
» The Department of Special Investigation says it is still investigating the six deaths at Wat Pathum Wanaram during the crackdown in Bangkok on red-shirt protesters eight years ago.