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THAILAND

Love, lust and lost funds

News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/07/2025

» A growing scandal involving senior Buddhist monks and a woman dubbed "Sika Golf" has gripped Thailand in recent weeks. The case centres on Wilawan Emsawat, a 35-year-old woman accused of forging intimate relationships with high-ranking monks and allegedly using them for financial gain, sparking a wide-ranging police investigation and multiple arrests.

OPINION

Temples no longer safe for children

News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 30/10/2019

» News about monks' sexual misconduct has become so frequent that it no longer shocks. But the latest scandal involving a rapist, paedophile monk makes my blood boil.

OPINION

The Rules of idiocy

News, Postbag, Published on 23/06/2019

» Another totally useless committee has been established. This body, according to local media reports, is to lecture about the prevention of forest fires and indiscriminate burning.

THAILAND

Drink-driving monk flees to escape defrocking

News, Published on 22/05/2019

» Officials in Chaiyaphum are hunting a monk who was stopped for driving while intoxicated, and who later sped away from a temple to avoid being defrocked.

THAILAND

Former monk arrested over girl's 'holy water' death

News, Makkawan Wannakul, Published on 18/07/2018

» Chaiyaphum: A former monk wanted in connection with the death of an 18-year-old woman after he allegedly made her drink too much holy water to reverse a curse has been arrested after three months on the run, according to local police.