Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on an extraordinary chase in the north west of Thailand yesterday.

 

Even by the standards of "monks behaving badly" in Thailand this was a doozy.

 

A monk called "Phra Boy" had been ordained many years ago in a country temple in Mae Sot district of Tak.

 

But a few days ago he had gone to a Buddhist affairs office in Mahawan sub-district and asked to stay there.

 

Then all of a sudden he stole a Nissan pick-up that belonged to a person who had arrived to make merit and who had left the keys in the ignition. 

 

Phra Boy drove off at speed. 

 

But other monks and the owner of the pick-up gave chase. 

 

They chased him for 20 kilometers to downtown Mae Sot.

 

The speeding monk clearly knew the roads well and was an accomplished driver, noted the media.

 

On the way he had stopped at a second hand vehicle tent. There he switched vehicles stealing a purple Hyundai from a customer who had also left the keys in the ignition. 

 

As he reached the area of a school near Mae Sot hospital in the stolen Hyundai there was a lot of traffic.

 

A member of the public spotted the errant monk racer and roadblocks were set up.

 

Phra Boy went through those before he was finally cornered at a T-junction as police sirens roared. 

 

Phra Boy was coherent but said little to explain his antics.

 

He was taken away to have his urine tested for drugs and to be defrocked ahead of his prosecution. 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, webfact said:

He was taken away to have his urine tested for drugs and to be defrocked ahead of his prosecution. 

Yes! Off with his frock! No merit!

Are we sure this wasn't a shoot for The Monk Part III?

That's what a life of celibacy can do to a man. Drive him bonkers! 

 

18 minutes ago, djayz said:

That's what a life of celibacy can do to a man. Drive him bonkers! 

 

Unnatural life for men. Monks should be women.

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Phra Boy

Common W name. 

Reincarnated as a policeman? 

8 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Unnatural life for men. Monks should be women.

Nuns are women of the cloth... lights out at 10pm. ????️????