Robbers attempt to steal temple donation boxes in Pattaya area after being caught on CCTV giving respect to religious statues beforehand

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

Two young male suspects were caught on CCTV at a Banglamung temple earlier this week appearing to show respect to religious statues by performing wais before trying to steal money inside a donation box at the temple overnight.

 

Phra Kru Samu Yongyut Kemtaroe, 84, the abbot of the Nong Yai Temple, told The Pattaya News, “Early Wednesday morning, October 20th, we heard one of our temple dogs furiously barking which awakened me and some other monks. However, we could not immediately figure out what had disturbed the dogs after walking around the temple.

 

We reviewed our CCTV footage and found it appeared to show two thieves paying religious respect to a sacred statue and then, ironically, trying to steal money inside donation boxes nearby.”

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/23/two-young-male-suspects-attempt-to-steal-temple-donation-boxes-in-pattaya-area-after-being-caught-on-cctv-giving-respect-to-religious-statues-beforehand/

 

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[ezzra]

Somebody need his Buddhism teaching and knowledge of what's right and what's wrong revisited urgently...

[ThailandRyan]

Looks like praying to be a thief that does not get caught and apologizing before hand does not work to well.  Tools, but then TIT.

[dddave]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Somebody need his Buddhism teaching and knowledge of what's right and what's wrong revisited urgently...

No different than any other religion.  My dad was a clergyman and raids on donation boxes, fingers deftly withdrawing money from the collection basket rather than depositing and inventive sob stories were the norm, rather than the exception.

No society is immune from self-justified larceny.

[wombat]

2 hours ago, dddave said:

No different than any other religion.  My dad was a clergyman and raids on donation boxes, fingers deftly withdrawing money from the collection basket rather than depositing and inventive sob stories were the norm, rather than the exception.

No society is immune from self-justified larceny.

while the greatest larcenist sits on a $40 million chair to prey over the poor

Edited October 24, 2021 by wombat

[PETERTHEEATER]

20 minutes ago, wombat said:

while the greatest larcenist sits on a $40 million chair to prey over the poor

That man looks nothing like Boris Johnson......

[rudi49jr]

59 minutes ago, wombat said:

while the greatest larcenist sits on a $40 million chair to prey over the poor

Not to mention the billions and billions of dollars in the Vatican bank and all the fancy real estate the Vatican possesses in London. And they probably have quite some money/properties stashed away that no one knows about.

[Knocker33]

Will save them doing it when that are caught .

[rwill]

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

Emo Philips

[Dont confuse me]

I thought that if they were broke they could sweep the floors for food and some Baht?