A drunken monk who was on pilgrimage got chased out of the house and injured by the house’s owner due to his multiple religious wrongdoings and an attempt to sneak into the owner’s bedroom to sleep.

 

Today, April 25th, Sri Racha police received a request from Atthaphon Jitchinda, a 39-year-old house owner, to check on a person claiming himself as a monk whom he chased out of his property after he got into a fight with him for trying to sneak into his bedroom.

 

According to Sri Racha police report, the person was found wandering in shorts, bald, and covered in bruises and lacerations on the opposite side of Dara Samut School, Sukhumvit Rd, Sriracha, Chonburi.

 

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His name was revealed later as Boontha Lawichai. He was actually a monk at 74 years of age and born in Lamphun Province. Boontha was reportedly in a seemingly drunken state while receiving first aid from Sri Racha rescuers. He was then transferred to Laem Chabang Hospital for further treatment.

 

According to the house owner, Atthaphon, he admitted to hitting Boontha (the monk) with a stick, but he argued that Boontha tried to climb into his bedroom first, so he expelled him and contacted the police.

 

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Buddhism at it's finest.

Seems to be quite a few Monks getting drunk these days plus involved in scams gambling ect

It's about time the higher ups sorted this out  causes a bad image on Monks in Thailand 

1 minute ago, shackleton said:

Seems to be quite a few Monks getting drunk these days plus involved in scams gambling ect

It's about time the higher ups sorted this out  causes a bad image on Monks in Thailand 

Its just the juvenile manner in which the Thai media reports whatever if flavour of the month... 

 

We go through one or two months whereby there are loads of reports about ‘big bike’ accidents which leads to someone in a position of power announcing a ‘crack-down’, then nothing is done. 

 

Then we have the ‘pedestrian crossing’, each year one month dedicated to that, and crack-downs/

 

Then the 7 deadly days of Songkran, which are just as deadly as any other day of the year, but the seasonal attention to those 7 days makes for easy ‘copy and paste’ reporting. 

 

We have yet to have all the news stories of ‘drought’ this year, that will perhaps start next month. 

 

Then we’ll have a smattering of reports of ‘busses’ down ravines later on in the year.

 

Now, we have misbehaving monks, in this case, drunk monks, there has already been a couple. 

Next it will be Monks with expensive belongings, perhaps even a Rolex !!! 

 

 

Wash repeat, recycle...   same every year, don’t upset the routine - people like it that way.

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Seems to be quite a few Monks getting drunk these days plus involved in scams gambling ect

It's about time the higher ups sorted this out  causes a bad image on Monks in Thailand 

I think Thais are slowly getting tired of the "never criticise or complain about anything" aspect of Thai culture.  Hardly surprising, given the type of behaviour this enables.  Also, without tourism money to keep the masses happily subsidised, people are starting to ask questions.

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

I think Thais are slowly getting tired of the "never criticise or complain about anything" aspect of Thai culture.  Hardly surprising, given the type of behaviour this enables.  Also, without tourism money to keep the masses happily subsidised, people are starting to ask questions.

Who are starting to ask questions? K. Atthaphon the home owner here certainly isn't. He beat the guy with a stick and threw him out of the house then called the cops. Up to the police to ask the questions now, no?

Edited April 26, 20224 yr by NanLaew

6 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Who are starting to ask questions?

People.

 

6 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

K. Atthaphon the home owner here certainly isn't. He beat the guy with a stick and threw him out of the house then called the cops. Up to the police to ask the questions now, no?

In many ways, his beating the intruder and reporting it to the police is asking a question.  By not simply allowing the monk to do what he wants, by beating him and ejecting him from his house, by contacting the police, he is asking "why should I tolerate this?"

4 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

I think Thais are slowly getting tired of the "never criticise or complain about anything" aspect of Thai culture. 

 

I expect the student protests start again soon. 

4 hours ago, shackleton said:

It's about time the higher ups sorted this out  causes a bad image on Monks in Thailand

I imagine some of those above are just as guilty but have other vices

19 hours ago, shackleton said:

Seems to be quite a few Monks getting drunk these days plus involved in scams gambling ect

It's about time the higher ups sorted this out  causes a bad image on Monks in Thailand 

These days? It has been going on for a long time. The monkhood is often seen as a refuge from the police. 

Possible he wasn't drunk just visited by a bottle of spirits ????

On 4/25/2022 at 7:39 PM, snoop1130 said:

A drunken monk who was on pilgrimage

and a pub crawl.