Hey! What's a black monk doing in our village? Ugandan on overstay dons robes

[rooster59]

Hey! What's a black monk doing in our village? Ugandan on overstay dons robes

 

Image: Daily News

 

Villagers in Sa Kaew were suspicious when a black African monk appeared at their temple. 

 

Someone called immigration suspecting that he was up to monastical mischief. 

 

Sa Kaew immigration chief Benjaphon Rortsawat and colleagues from the tourist police hot footed it to the temple of Wat Klong Yang in Phakha sub-district.

 

There they found Sasaree Baker, 32, whose Ugandan passport had no sign of an entry stamp into Thailand. 

 

Furthermore his ordination papers were not in order. 

 

He was asked to show what he had on under his saffron robes - he had shorts underneath, a no-no for any self respecting monk. 

 

The PIBIC system was used to discover that Baker had in fact entered Thailand on the 9th of January at Suvarnabhumi and was eligible to stay on a TR visa until March 9th. He had overstayed by five days.

 

He had in fact used another passport to enter the kingdom. 

 

Baker said that he came to Thailand to study religion but when his visa ran out he decided to don robes and go into hiding so that he would not be deported. 

 

But his black skin seems to have been a bit of a giveaway to the folks in the village of Ban Klong Yang who reported him, reported Daily News. 

 

He is now in custody facing charges for being on overstay and impersonating a monk. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-03-16

[Petchou]

Thais thinking.  You can't be black and monk.   Nothing surprising. Lol

[sammieuk1]

What next from the dark skin rascals impersonating a monk when there is a glut of home grown ones ????

[dutchinlondon]

6 minutes ago, Petchou said:

Thais thinking.  You can't be black and monk.   Nothing surprising. Lol

According to Thai you can't be any colour and have a European passport.

 

[hashmodha]

11 minutes ago, Petchou said:

Thais thinking.  You can't be black and monk.   Nothing surprising. Lol

Actually there is a Thai temple in Uganda and the black head monk there has done more than anyone else in Irrigation,water supply, Buddhist teachings, schools, devoted and respectful!...,at first frowned upon......but earned merits....saw an TV interview in BKK.....he surprised a lot of monks here with him knowledge about Buddhism.......This guy!. Hmmmmm!

[George Bowman]

31 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Someone called immigration suspecting that he was up to monastical mischief.

I'm more concerned about the homegrown variety...

 

[LomSak27]

Cool, I was wondering when this would happen.

[Vacuum]

44 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

He was asked to show what he had on under his saffron robes - he had shorts underneath

Would have been a real shocker if he hadn't used any shorts. 

[kotsak]

32 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Would have been a real shocker if he hadn't used any shorts. 

Especially if he was a mandingo ????

[NCC1701A]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Villagers in Sa Kaew were suspicious

[Gecko123]

Thailand is rapidly becoming a soulless, colourless, and boring police state filled with snitches, stool pigeons, tattletales, finger pointers, and block wardens.

[RichardColeman]

so you can be a murderer, a thief, a child molester, a politician, a drunk, a rapist..............but just not black ? 

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Wonder if a "Ginger" monk would be OK?

[LawrenceN]

19 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

so you can be a murderer, a thief, a child molester, a politician, a drunk, a rapist..............but just not black ? 

Um, no. When criminals are found in the monkhood, they are promptly defrocked and prosecuted. Maybe you're thinking of some of those news stories. Background checks, in the form of police reports, are required when applying for ordination.

Edited March 16, 2019 by LawrenceN
Minor punctuation fix

[PoorSucker]

Remember Phra Gordon, “the black monk”.

 

http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2011/04/many-hmong-refugees-from-wat-tham-krabok-will-remember-phra-gordon-the-black-monk/

[AlexRich]

There's no fooling the villagers of Ban Klong Yan, these crafty beggars don't miss a trick!

[roo860]

Especially if he was a mandingo [emoji6]

Possibly Mandongo.

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[AhFarangJa]

Should have bought a couple dozen of these first............

[sanemax]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

so you can be a murderer, a thief, a child molester, a politician, a drunk, a rapist..............but just not black ? 

Well no, you cannot just go to the shops , buy some orange robes and be a monk whilst in the country illegally  .

[RyanWalker]

2 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Wonder if a "Ginger" monk would be OK?

You are definitely black????

[hotchilli]

They've been impersonating teachers for long enough, why not have a crack at something new !!!

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, kotsak said:

Especially if he was a mandingo ????

No problem just tie it in a knot.

 

 

[Tarteso]

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

no sign of an entry stamp into Thailand. 

Astral travel.... perhaps resolve the question.

[Puchaiyank]

I'm unclear what his objective was...coming to Thailand...becoming a monk would not allow most foreigners to pursue their passions...

[sanemax]

2 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

I'm unclear what his objective was...coming to Thailand...becoming a monk would not allow most foreigners to pursue their passions...

Probably came to Thailand to work or something , had no money or job and thought becoming a Monk would be a good idea .

  

[Puchaiyank]

21 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Probably came to Thailand to work or something , had no money or job and thought becoming a Monk would be a good idea .

  

He should have made his way to the US...they somehow manage to take care of just about everyone who enters...

[Tropposurfer]

6 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Wonder if a "Ginger" monk would be OK?

I'd qualify lol

[mmushr00m]

The villagers were suspicious, the cops and immigration noticed the ordination papers were wrong but the abbot and monks at the temple never noticed?

[bluesofa]

20 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

so you can be a murderer, a thief, a child molester, a politician, a drunk, a rapist..............but just not black ? 

You must work for the RTP?

[mrfill]

23 hours ago, scorecard said:

No problem just tie it in a knot.

 

 

Overhand knot or running bowline?