Glue-huffing monk on holiday in Phuket also a thief

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Glue-huffing monk on holiday in Phuket also a thief
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- A monk who came to Phuket to visit a friend was arrested in Rassada yesterday and charged with sniffing glue and theft.

Police were alerted by villagers at about 6pm yesterday that a monk was sniffing glue in a pavilion at Pa Aram Rattanaram Temple, near Mission Hospital (map here).

When police arrived at the temple, they found Chaiyasit Janpetch, 33, sitting in the pavilion with a glue can and glue in a plastic bag beside him.

In his bag they found a tablet computer, a pocketknife, a mini DVD player and some cash, with a total value estimated at 7,000 baht, said Lt Col Prawit Engchuan of the Phuket City Police.

After Mr Chaiyasit confessed that he had been sniffing glue, he was taken to Buddha Mongkol Nimit Temple in Phuket Town to be defrocked and formally removed from the monkhood.

He was then taken for questioning to Phuket City Police station.

“I was a monk for six years, first in Trang and then in Pattani. I came to Phuket on June 29 to visit a friend in Patong,” Mr Chaiyasit told the police.

After arriving in Phuket, he went to the temple nearest the Rassada bus station and continued staying there after he was unable to contact his friend. He had no plans to return to Pattani, he said.

Mr Chaiyasit confessed to police that the day after he arrived in Phuket he stole 1,000 baht and a child’s schoolbag from a grocery store on Thepkrasattri Road, Lt Col Prawit said.

Mr Chaiyasit has been charged with sniffing glue and theft.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Glue-huffing-monk-on-holiday-in-Phuket-also-a-thief-21571.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-07-06

[lee b]

A real Busddist. Not !! Terrible..

[andreandre]

A real Busddist. Not !! Terrible..

As opposed to this guy..

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/651650-list-of-thai-monks-assets-mounts/?utm_source=newsletter-20130706-0818&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

And an earlier expose...

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Monk-had-10-bank-accounts-with-daily-transactions--30209598.html

Where do you join up....i could well be a monk with these ''attractions''

Edited July 6, 2013 by andreandre

[BrianCR]

I am thinking of opening a school for western monks. It will be a one year course (with Ed visa) and will cover all necessary subjects such as: beg and be rich (4 weeks), hiding the assets (3 weeks, includes special lectures by government officials), investing in Gold Buddhas (5 weeks), the hooker and I (how to get your female supporters to support you and , let your robes conceal the truth (how to play Santa Claus whilst being the devil) - 49,990 including a visa and begging bowl! Any takers?

[kermit the frog]

I think what's worse about all this kind of stuff is that the general Thai public prefer to turn a blind eye to it because they don't want to "think negatively." It's just so detrimental to their growth as individuals and a nation. If we don't deal with problems head-on, they will never be rectified. Thais call it "positivity," I call it complacency.

[clockman]

A monk, is just a man in orange robes,!

[kurnell]

Wow. Thailand really is morally bankrupt from top to bottom

[hawthorne]

Anyone can become lost. WIsh the best for him and fast recovery from his addictions.

[IrishIvan]

Sniffing glue is a crime? How do they judge if you are sniffing or smelling?