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'Temple swindler' assets to be investigated
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Jakkrit Waewklaihong, Published on 06/04/2022
» Police have found luxury assets worth a total of 100 million baht including a Bentley, Porsche and gold-plated amulets registered under the names of suspected embezzler Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya and some of his family members and partner.
Siam Society to lead temple tour
Life, Published on 07/04/2022
» Siam Society is holding a study trip to visit six renowned Buddhist temples in Bangkok that were built or restored during the reign of King Rama III on April 23.
Temple 'embezzler' had plans for supercar
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/04/2022
» Further details have emerged about luxury cars purchased by suspected embezzler Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya, a close aide of the late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara.
Temple 'embezzler' had plans for supercar
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/04/2022
» Further details have emerged about luxury cars purchased by suspected embezzler Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya, a close aide of the late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara.
Man 'took cut' of temple funds
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/04/2022
» Another disciple of late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara is suspected of playing a hand in the embezzlement of 32 million baht of funds from two branch temples in Trat.
Temple graft shows need for reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/04/2022
» The country's latest temple corruption scandal occurred at a first-class royal monastery; the centre of a sect founded by reformist monarch King Mongkut to clean up the clergy. What an irony!
11 bodies found at cult temple
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2022
» Eleven corpses were found in coffins when police raided a temple of a cult in Chaiyaphum on Sunday.
Cops search cult temple for evidence
News, Makkawan Wannakul, Published on 12/05/2022
» Authorities in Chaiyaphum stepped up their search of a cult temple in Khon San district yesterday in the absence of the so-called "Phra Bida'', or spiritual father, whose bizarre treatments for illnesses included having his followers drink his urine and eat flakes of his skin.
Temple yields trove of buried treasure
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2022
» About 130 stone sculptures over a century old have been excavated after a road near a wall of the Emerald Buddha temple was dug up to build a water drainage system. They are now being exhibited on the grounds of the royal temple.
PM skips temple to avoid clash
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 14/10/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was forced to skip a stop in his tour of flooded riverside communities in Nonthaburi, after learning that a group of protesters were waiting for him at a temple in Muang district.