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Ex-hospital chief held over fund fraud
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/10/2025
» A former director of a tambon health promotion hospital in Nonthaburi was arrested yesterday on charges of forgery and embezzlement involving more than 650,000 baht from the national health insurance fund.
'Big Tao' cracking down on misbehaving monks
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 19/07/2025
» The deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, has been seen at temple halls across several provinces in the past couple of days.
New scandal echoing 'Sika Golf' emerges
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/07/2025
» Police are investigating a high-ranking monk over allegations he embezzled hundreds of millions of baht in temple donations and engaged in an inappropriate romantic relationship, in a case reminiscent of the recent "Sika Golf" scandal.
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.
Ex-abbot admits to love affair
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/07/2025
» The former abbot of Wat Phra Phutthachai in Saraburi has admitted to a years-long romantic relationship with a woman known as "Sika Golf", saying he had even planned to leave the monkhood to marry her -- only to later discover she was also romantically involved with senior monks from other well-known temples.
Saffron shield; bomb mishap; fan's lament; fake robbery
News, Mae Moo, Published on 01/06/2025
» Stashed in his robes
Police storm rally site
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/03/2021
» A protest site set up near Government House was cleared and 99 demonstrators rounded up in two separate operations at dawn and dusk on Sunday by the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).
Monk quits after sex allegations
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/08/2019
» A Canadian monk popular among locals in Mae Hong Son for helping the needy has resigned from the monkhood following accusations of having sexual relations with at least one woman.
Take care of troops
News, Postbag, Published on 22/02/2019
» Re: "Defence insists it is a lean outfit", (BP, Feb 21).