Abbot of Bueng Kan temple arrested, defrocked for drug abuse

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Abbot of Bueng Kan temple arrested, defrocked for drug abuse

By The Nation

 

Police raided a temple in Bueng Kan’s Bueng Khong Long district late on Tuesday night and arrested its abbot for drug abuse.

 

Police went to Wat Pa Samakkhi at 12.30 am on Wednesday and found that the abbot, Phra Wiroon, 49, was not sleeping but sitting in his room.

 

Police tested his urine and found that it tested positive to drugs.

 

Pol Major Supicha Butrchiangkham, an inspector at the Bueng Kan police head office, said police had received complaints that the monk had acted improperly by abusing drugs, drinking alcohol and watching pornographic movies.

 

Police searched the room and found four bottles of white liquor. His mobile phone was found to contain a lot of pornographic videos.

 

The monk, whose lay name is Wiroon Rojanathamkul, admitted that he had taken a methamphetamine pill before police arrived.

 

He was defrocked and he voluntarily entered a drug rehabilitation programme run by the Lao Luang police station.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30341919

 

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[Lupatria]

He must be an abbot apprentice. Getting high as a kite is only basic training. The master made himself invisible and walked on water.

[colinneil]

Look at me, i can fly, oops didnt work.

Tried to fly away, but plod just laughed at me.

Damachayo can do it, so why cant i?

[FitnessHealthTravel]

Seems that a lot of sketchy people hide out in Monkhood until the old itch needs to be scratched and no amount of meditation can arrest it...except maybe the Police.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The bad monks/abbots, once caught, they "defrock" -- kick out.

 

But the bad cops, once caught, they "transfer" to some other assignment.

 

Just rhetorically speaking, why is that?

[johnarth]

4 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The bad monks/abbots, once caught, they "defrock" -- kick out.

 

But the bad cops, once caught, they "transfer" to some other assignment.

 

Just rhetorically speaking, why is that?

to many monks and not enough bad cops

[gamesgplayemail]

Are they so many dug addict among monks because they have nothing to do all day long ?