The Mirror Foundation has proposed that the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security step in to regulate temples providing shelter to children, mostly ethnic children, who are either orphans or whose parents cannot afford to look after them, following the kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy from a temple in Sing Buri province.

 

The boy was recently rescued by the police in Prachantakham district of Prachin Buri after he had been abducted and retained for 13 days from a temple in Sing Buri province. The alleged abductor, identified as “Phan”, was arrested.

 

According to the police, Phan was previously arrested in 2014 in Prachin Buri province and sentenced to 14 years for kidnapping a boy. He was, however, released after having served only eight years behind bars.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-02

 

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IMO Instead of handing out millions of baht to Temples every year, Govt. should build proper regulated homes, and find the real cause of why parents dump their kids like Soi Dogs at temples. I wouldn't trust the monks with kids anyway, and filling their heads with mumbo jumbo 24/7.