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More skulduggery alleged at Wat Phrabat Namphu
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/08/2025
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) is pressing ahead with its probe into Wat Phrabat Namphu, as more irregularities surface during interviews with suspects.
B60m in assets handed over to Wat Rai Khing
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/06/2025
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has handed over nearly 60 million baht in assets to Wat Rai Khing amid an ongoing corruption case involving the temple's former abbot.
Reform temples, or lose public faith
Editorial, Published on 08/06/2025
» Temple corruption no longer raises eyebrows. The Wat Rai Khing scandal is just bigger, louder, and harder to ignore. It demands serious reform before public faith erodes further.
Wat Rai Khing fraud bust started quietly
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/05/2025
» In a case that rocked the clergy and sent shockwaves through the Buddhist community, one man quietly stepped into one of Thailand's most revered temples -- not to worship, but to investigate.
More charges loom in temple funds case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/05/2025
» Police are preparing to seek additional arrest warrants in the high-profile embezzlement case involving Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom, after discovering extensive financial irregularities and undeclared accounts linked to the temple.
Broker arrested in Pattaya over funds from Wat Rai Khing abbot
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» Authorities in Pattaya have arrested a broker linked to an online gambling network who received illicit funds from Wat Rai Khing’s abbot, who surrendered to police to assert his innocence.
Elderly abbot accused of B300m embezzlement
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/05/2025
» A 70-year-old abbot accused of embezzling 300 million baht from a famous Buddhist temple and using it for gambling turned himself in to police in Bangkok on Thursday, just as they were about to seek a warrant for his arrest.
Fire engulfs Bangkok wood processing factory
Online Reporters, Published on 18/01/2025
» A fire broke out at a wood processing factory in Bangkok's Bang Sue district on Saturday. No injuries were reported.
Girl falls from octopus ride, seriously injured
Post Reporters, Published on 16/12/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A 12-year-old girl was under close watch at a hospital on Monday after falling from an octopus ride at a fair in Pak Chong district.
PM urged to return land to monastery
Post Reporters, Published on 19/11/2024
» Former senator Somchai Sawangkarn sent a third open letter to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, urging her to expedite the return of a monastic plot of land acquired by Alpine Golf Course to Wat Thamikararam Worawihan, saying that the head of the government must perform her duties with honesty for the benefit of the country.