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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.
Chiang Rai meditation centre under land probe
Published on 21/10/2024
» CHIANG RAI: Police and forestry officials on Monday began investigating the Cherntawan International Meditation Centre in Muang district, run by well-known preacher Phra Maha Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi, or V Vajiramedhi, following media reports that it may have encroached on forest land.
Yemeni preacher forges ties
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/01/2023
» A Yemeni Muslim leader visited the deep South yesterday in a bid to deepen ties with the Thai-Muslim community.
Ex-monk reports to police to hear embezzlement charge
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/05/2022
» Pongsakorn Chankaeo, formerly known as Phra Kato, reported to police on Tuesday to acknowledge an embezzlement charge over the withdrawal of 600,000 baht from a temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
Alleged land purchase by ex-monk in spotlight
Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/02/2022
» Activist Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution, on Wednesday petitioned the director-general of the Royal Forestry Department to expedite an investigation into an alleged land purchase by former monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong and his relatives.
Famous monk to swap robe for politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/12/2021
» Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto, a well-known monk preacher, says he will leave the monkhood on Dec 29 while declaring he has an interest in becoming a spokesman for a political party.
Monk preacher found 'interfering in politics'
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/05/2021
» Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto, a well-known monk preacher, was found by the Sangha Supreme Council to have acted inappropriately by expressing political opinions and criticising the government for its handling of the Covid-19 situation in social media and other forums, Prime Minister's Office Minister Anucha Nakasai said on Tuesday.
Myanmar court denies bail to Canadian preacher who defied virus ban
Reuters, Published on 03/06/2020
» A Myanmar court on Wednesday denied bail to a Canadian Christian preacher who held church services in defiance of a ban on gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that led to infections in dozens of people including himself.