Five Buddhist monks, accused of helping a former abbot embezzle funds from a temple in north-east Thailand, have been denied bail. The 5 monks, named only as Boonsong, Boonluea, Thanakrit, Bandit and Natthapach, have been charged with assisting the former abbot to embezzle more than 180 million baht in cash and gold bars from Wat Pa Thammakhiri in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

Coconuts reports that the abbot they colluded with was disrobed on Friday for allegedly stealing from the temple. According to police, the former abbot would order the monks to take large amounts of cash from the temple and hide it at a resort. The cash was moved in a van allegedly driven by Boonsong.

 

Police searched the temple on Monday and have so far confiscated over 76 million baht in cash and gold bars, along with ornaments valued at over 22 million baht. Officers are now assessing other items thought to be worth at least 100 million baht, according to the Coconuts report. The money and other items were found buried in a hillside behind the temple.

 

 

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It's about big business.

Nothing else. 

8 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

have been denied bail

good. just because one wears a holy robe doesn't make them a decent human. filth the lot of them. 

2 minutes ago, stoner said:

 filth the lot of them. 

That really is, a daft statement................................

5 minutes ago, transam said:

That really is, a daft statement................................

calling monks filth who embezzled money under the guise of a temple is daft ?

 

you have a high standard i see. 

I forgive them. 

Just now, stoner said:

calling monks filth who embezzled money under the guise of a temple is daft ?

 

you have a high standard i see. 

Go back and read your post, or better still, go back re-write it, so we don't get the wrong idea, eh.....

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Go back and read your post, or better still, go back re-write it, so we don't get the wrong idea, eh.....

no.

Just now, stoner said:

No.

As expected..........

I wonder how much of the ill-gotten loot has not been found and never will be.

If they could embezzle that much without it being noticed for a long time how much cash do these temples rake in..?

Billions?

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The 5 monks, named only as Boonsong, Boonluea, Thanakrit, Bandit and Natthapach

Bandit - how apt

There is only one religion in Thailand, Money

I have a holy dream of stumbling upon a case like that but its always interrupted by a salivating policeman ????

13 hours ago, stoner said:

calling monks filth who embezzled money under the guise of a temple is daft ?

 

you have a high standard i see. 

transam doesn’t appear to understand that it’s not universal slang…

 

Buddhism "Thai style". 

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

....................have been denied bail. The 5 monks...........................

So they will be kept locked up in a "monk-ey house"?

18 hours ago, stoner said:

filth the lot of them. 

Does that make all Catholic clergy peados?

 

Does that mean every Muslim is a terrorist?

 

I guess not.

17 hours ago, stoner said:

calling monks filth who embezzled money under the guise of a temple is daft ?

 

you have a high standard i see. 

 

4 hours ago, NextG said:

transam doesn’t appear to understand that it’s not universal slang…

 

I think he understood the slang.

 

It's the bit about " the lot of them" that is wide of the mark. 

1 hour ago, puchooay said:

Does that make all Catholic clergy peados?

 

Does that mean every Muslim is a terrorist?

 

I guess not.

the lot of them meaning those in this story. thought that was painfully clear. 

Just now, stoner said:

the lot of them meaning those in this story. thought that was painfully clear. 

Unfortunately, no. 

 

Your wording suggested " one who wears a holy robe". As in anyone. There was no reference to those committing crimes.

1 minute ago, puchooay said:

As in anyone. There was no reference to those committing crimes.

but i didn't say anyone and this story is about a certain group of them. so i thought saying them in this story covered that. 

 

this group of clowns deserve nothing more than a stiff jail sentence and to be defrocked and cast out of the community (of monks).

14 hours ago, hotchilli said:

If they could embezzle that much without it being noticed for a long time how much cash do these temples rake in..?

Billions?

I really find this hard to believe.  This must have been a very large, very popular temple to raise that kind of money.