Temple tragedy: Drug-addict murders elderly monk in Isaan province

[snoop1130]

 

A drug addict murdered a 71 year old Buddhist monk at a temple in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. The murderer allegedly said he felt no remorse for his actions because he acted in self-defence.

 

Officers from Kumphawapi Police Station arrested the murderer, 34 year old Wuttichai Mongkhonsaen, for the murder of the 71 year old monk named Dao Kotewongthong.

 

According to the police, Wuttichai beat the monk with a wooden stick at Si Tart Temple on Wednesday, June 21. The monk sustained a broken left arm and suffered a severe head wound. The monk was rushed to a hospital and later succumbed to his injuries that night.

 

Wuttichai was arrested yesterday at his house and tested positive for drugs. Wuttichai allegedly admitted to his criminal action but said that he did not feel sorry for the death of the monk. He said the attack was self-defence because the monk attempted to harm him.

 

According to Wuttichai’s confession, he went to the temple to steal the bamboo shoots which were grown by the dead monk. He went to pick four bamboo shoots to sell to his neighbours for 30 baht so he could buy some Yaba (methamphetamine) pills but the monk stopped him. This made him angry so hit the monk with a wooden stick twice, once to the arm and head. Wuttichai expressed his anger that the monk let other locals take the bamboo but stopped him.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via ThaiRath

 

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[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

He went to pick four bamboo shoots to sell to his neighbours for 30 baht so he could buy some Yaba (methamphetamine) pills

So this is the price of Yaba in this country is it? Is it any wonder it's becoming such a major problem here.

[2baht]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He went to pick four bamboo shoots to sell to his neighbours for 30 baht so he could buy some Yaba (methamphetamine) pills but the monk stopped him. This made him angry so hit the monk with a wooden stick twice

They are such fragile, gutless wimps!

[flyingtlger]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Officers from Kumphawapi Police Station arrested the murderer, 34 year old Wuttichai Mongkhonsaen, for the murder of the 71 year old monk

That's no way to earn merits.....He'll be getting the Fast Track to Hell.

 

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

According to Wuttichai’s confession, he went to the temple to steal the bamboo shoots which were grown by the dead monk. He went to pick four bamboo shoots to sell to his neighbours for 30 baht so he could buy some Yaba (methamphetamine) pills but the monk stopped him. This made him angry so hit the monk with a wooden stick twice, once to the arm and head. Wuttichai expressed his anger that the monk let other locals take the bamboo but stopped him.

Maybe the locals had permission, they were not stealing.

[brianthainess]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe the locals had permission, they were not stealing.

Or paying the monk for them.

[bamnutsak]

14 hours ago, Moonlover said:

So this is the price of Yaba in this country is it?

Five baht per pill. BP reported as little as two baht per pill, retail price for single dosage, not some wholesale. massive volume unit price.

 

I think crystal meth is more expensive.

 

Meth Use Rising in Thailand as Prices Fall, Study Finds

 

A tablet of powdered meth, commonly known as yaba, which means “crazy medicine” in Thai, now goes for as little as 86 cents or even 58 cents in the north of Thailand near the border with Myanmar, Nantapol said. That is as little as one-fourth of what it cost a few years ago.

 

He said prices for more potent and addictive crystal meth have plunged over the same period too, from $52 to $58 before to anywhere from $14 to $29 now, depending on the purity.

 

https://www.voanews.com/a/meth-use-rising-in-thailand-as-prices-fall-study-finds/6975741.html