Double whammy for grieving relatives: Money grabbing temple threatens reporters for defamation

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: Relatives worse off than before

 

Sanook reported that comment online was rife after a family showed a bill from a temple in Klaeng, Rayong in eastern Thailand that listed charges to the nth degree.

 

It all came to 39,200 baht including 8,000 baht for electricity.

 

Listed were charges related to things used, the crematorium, preaching (that was 1,000 baht) and a refrigerated coffin (2,500 baht).

 

But there was worse.

 

The bill specified the sums that needed to be placed in the envelopes for the monks ranging from 300 to 1,000 baht.

 

Sanook went to see Naphaporn, 35, whose dad had died. 

 

She said no one had seen such an itemized bill for a funeral before and said it should be up to mourners what to offer.

 

She would never have had her dad cremated there if she knew about all this in advance.

 

It had added to the family's sense of grief at this sad time.

 

Sanook went to the temple - not named in defamation crazy Thailand where the truth does not matter if it can be proved that a party has lost face.

 

The temple announced over the loudspeaker that anyone defaming them would face full prosecution under the law.

 

Sanook thought better of pressing the issue and left.

 

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Picture: Sanook

[worgeordie]

Not surprised , all religions seem to be about power and wealth ,

 

regards worgeordie

[chuang]

Robbing from the dead.

 

[rbkk]

Perhaps they aspire to the lofty heights of the Srisaket "Jetset" monk of a few years ago....

[jchfriis]

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Not surprised , all religions seem to be about power and wealth ,

 

regards worgeordie

I've always said that religion is a lucrative business and should be taxed as such.

[ikke1959]

defamation will be prosecuted.. When will that kind of s...t stops... If you do something wrong and it will be published it is not defamation, but informotion to avaoid these places/people/ businesses or whtever. If you don't want in the news, act normal.... and don't scam people.

Thai people have to learn to get criticism... that is normal...

Edited October 19, 2022 by ikke1959

[Boomer6969]

Wonder, or rather worry what they'll charge for foreigners. I they used the National parks ratio it would come close to half a million.

[2baht]

9 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Thai people have to learn to get criticism... that is normal...

Fragile wimps!

[yeahbutif]

So confused do we or don't we have freedom of speech in Thailand? So what can we say or not say about anything? We can only say good things I take it? So if we say the mafia is good .the mafia will have us on damfamation charge as they don't won't to be good that want to be bad... Very confused.

[spidermike007]

Defamation should be made into a sport, when the culprits are committing robbery. We must resist these stupid, cowardly laws and make them irrelevant. Laws written by cowards, for cowards. Sue me. Go for it. 

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

defamation will be prosecuted.. When will that kind of s...t stops... If you do something wrong and it will be published it is not defamation, but informotion to avaoid these places/people/ businesses or whtever. If you don't want in the news, act normal.... and don't scam people.

Thai people have to learn to get criticism... that is normal...

In Thailand losing face trumps everything, Even money - and that's really saying something. People are killed over it. Where I come from we learn by the age we start school to admit if we are wrong. Thais never do, up to the day they die.

[RichardColeman]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The temple announced over the loudspeaker that anyone defaming them would face full prosecution under the law.

So I guess a tv series about 3 Thai monks and a tea lady call Phra Ted  is right out then

[BusyB]

11 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Not surprised , all religions seem to be about power and wealth ,

 

regards worgeordie

... ARE about power and wealth as well as social control.

[RayWright]

Obviously a slow news day. Date on invoice is over 2 years old.

[cheapcanuck]

Thainess is to sue for defamation.

Edited October 19, 2022 by cheapcanuck

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

The temple announced over the loudspeaker that anyone defaming them would face full prosecution under the law.

Nice.

[sammieuk1]

7 hours ago, RayWright said:

Obviously a slow news day. Date on invoice is over 2 years old.

That's another one you get in 41 years time to finish off survivors ????  

[RocketDog]

18 hours ago, yeahbutif said:

So what can we say or not say about anything? We can only say good things I take it?

Have you noticed the recently-limited choices for response emoticons on these forums?

 

Bottom line: only positive responses allowed.

My responses are now 'no responses' . Pointless to bother.

 

Just dump the silly things anyway as they serve no purpose as they are.

[Andycoops]

Thai defamation laws = protection for the guilty.