Arrest warrant sought for former monk

[Lite Beer]

Arrest warrant sought for former monk
By English News

BANGKOK, July 17 - Thailand's Special Investigation Department (DSI) asked the Criminal Court to approve an arrest warrant for Wiraphon Sukphon, the former Buddhist monk previously known as Luang Pu Nen Kham, for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act, having sex with a minor and fraud.

Thaweewat Surasit, director of the DSI's Bureau of Security Crime, said the agency is confident that all evidence submitted to the court is sufficient for an approval but that it depends on the court's discretion.

Once the warrant is approved, the DSI will seek cooperation from the Foreign Ministry and the Immigration Bureau to have Mr Wiraphon extradited to stand trial in Thailand.

The Anti-Money Laundering Office would also be asked to freeze all ill-gotten assets of the former monk, he said.

The disrobed monk, whose footage of him and two other monks travelling in a private jet,
wearing sunglasses and having expensive gadgets as well as a brandname bag, went viral
and became a top news headline, was accused of deceiving people by advertising seeking donations and a sex offence with an underage girl about a decade ago.

The DSI found he has 41 bank accounts and more than 70 luxury cars in his possession.

However the bank accounts with 200-300 million baht in daily circulation were recently found to have only 2-3 million baht remaining, according to Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) adviser Narong Rattananukul. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2013-07-17

[Thai at Heart]

according to Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)

Why the hell are they involved???

[theblether]

according to Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)

Why the hell are they involved???

Where do you think the money was coming from......the collecting tin at the Temple?

[A Member]

Still on about freezing assets, are they so far out of touch they don't know it's all gone already ?

[Soutpeel]

according to Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)

Why the hell are they involved???

Where do you think the money was coming from......the collecting tin at the Temple?

But maybe from "collecting" tin off the temple roof...?...

[NongKhaiKid]

While Tarit is talking about AMLO freezing assets another department, ONCB, is announcing there's only a couple of million left in local banks.

Right hand and left ?

[Soutpeel]

according to Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)

Why the hell are they involved???

Where do you think the money was coming from......the collecting tin at the Temple?

But maybe from "collecting" tin off the temple roof...?...

[Payboy]

according to Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)

Why the hell are they involved???

Because it's about a high priest.

[worgeordie]

a Thai arrest warrant,don't they know hes not here now !,

waste of paper and time.

regards Worgeordie

[bigbamboo]

That'll make a change....... freezing cars instead of burning them.

[seminomadic]

How do you say 'bounty' in French?

[jaltsc]

"...violating the Computer Crime Act, having sex with a minor and fraud."

They make it sound like he had online sex with a minor and told her he was a 15 year-old novice.

[Tboy928]

While Tarit is talking about AMLO freezing assets another department, ONCB, is announcing there's only a couple of million left in local banks.

Right hand and left ?

tell to a banditt that ,we will take all your money, so now you have a week to take all out before we freeze it ,, what a funny country)) someone has signed for this money when took out..

[Sydebolle]

Is there anyone this poor defrocked fellow could ask on how to obtain a passport from Montenegro, Nicaragua or Uganda? The price tag should be matchable with a slush fund of a few hundred millions if the remaining balance is far more than an average Isanee ever earns ...........

[CIHUAHUA]

They reported that he has withdrawn 10 million dollars worth of Baht and that he is in America. End of story.

[MaxLee]

Arrest Warrant,... ???? Where have I heard that before??? In Dubai?????

[webfact]

DSI asks Interpol to arrest former Buddhist monk Wiraphon; passport revocation sought; 59 more bank accounts related to him found /MCOT

[Lite Beer]

DSI seeking to revoke disrobed monk's passport.
By English News

BANGKOK, July 18 - The Special Investigation Department will ask the Consular Affairs Department to revoke the passport of Wiraphon Sukphon, a former Buddhist monk, and will seek help from Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, to locate the ex-monk.

Speaking on the progress of the case after the Criminal Court approved an arrest warrant for Mr Wiraphon yesterday, DSI director-general Tarit Pengdith said the agency will submit a letter to the Consular Affairs Department asking it to revoke his passport.

In addition, the DSI chief said Interpol would also be asked to track down the defrocked monk so that he would be deported to face trial in Thailand.

It is believed that Mr Wiraphon is still staying abroad.

The former Buddhist monk, previously known as Luang Pu Nen Kham, was sought for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Law by deceiving people through advertising on his website seeking donations and having sex with a minor as well as fraud.

The DSI earlier found he has 41 bank accounts and more than 70 luxury cars in his possession.

Meanwhile, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) reportedly found another 59 bank accounts believed to be linked with Mr Wiraphon. Among those, three bank accounts were found to have active transactions worth several million baht. The money trail would be probed to determine the source of the funds in each account. (MCOT online news).

-- TNA 2013-07-18

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

DSI asks Interpol to arrest former Buddhist monk Wiraphon; passport revocation sought; 59 more bank accounts related to him found /MCOT

Oyy Boy.... Here we go again....

Interpol doesn't arrest anyone... They can place a criminal on their wanted list....and they do share info among agencies...

But I think we learned on this before with you know who in Dubai...

[Frank James]

If this bum is currently hanging out in America, there are plenty of bounty hunters who will be glad to bring him back, for a price. And for a guarantee that they won't get hassled themselves by Thai authorities. What would a job like that pay?