Monk demands that bank hand over missing money

[snoop1130]

Monk demands that bank hand over missing money

Winai Sarot

 

 

PHUKET:-- An elderly Buddhist monk baffled Krungsri Bank staff this morning at a branch on Thepkrasattri Road when he insisted on withdrawing 20,000 baht from his account – an amount he had withdrawn the previous day.

A security guard at the bank called in ‘reinforcements’ from Phuket City Police to handle the precarious situation that ensued, as the monk dropped to his knees and began begging the staff for his money.

“The bank statements of 62-year-old Phra Weera showed that he had already withdrawn 20,000 in cash the day before,” confirmed Lt Chatree Wetrangsri of Phuket City Police. “Today, however, he had 1,091 baht in his account and was trying to withdraw much more.”

 

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Monk-demands-bank-hand-missing-money/65971?desktopversion#ad-image-0

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-12-08

[Mango Bob]

So is the point of this news story to make fun of an old man who seems to have a memory problem.   I don't find this much in the way as news.

[Thaiwrath]

23 minutes ago, Mango Bob said:

So is the point of this news story to make fun of an old man who seems to have a memory problem.   I don't find this much in the way as news.

 

You are reading Thaivisa.

[LivinginKata]

26 minutes ago, Mango Bob said:

So is the point of this news story to make fun of an old man who seems to have a memory problem.   I don't find this much in the way as news.

 

If you read the full news article then there is no 'making fun' of this old monk who obvious has a memory problem. I found the full article to be quite respectful.

[Psimbo]

20k- not bad for a guy that's not supposed to have any material possessions. Did he need a new iphone?

[Lupatria]

11 hours ago, Psimbo said:

20k- not bad for a guy that's not supposed to have any material possessions. Did he need a new iphone?

Maybe a female "friend" asked him for the cash to make merit at a temple near you...

[BlindMagician]

Called in reinforcements...there's nothing like the bravery and competence if security guards.

Just show him his statement, sit him down, and chat for a few minutes.

[cnx101]

4 hours ago, Lupatria said:

Maybe a female "friend" asked him for the cash to make merit at a temple near you...

 

16 hours ago, Psimbo said:

20k- not bad for a guy that's not supposed to have any material possessions. Did he need a new iphone?

J

 

16 hours ago, Psimbo said:

20k- not bad for a guy that's not supposed to have any material possessions. Did he need a new iphone?

Just walked past the Apple shop near Houy Kaew in Chiangmai four monks inside looking at phones and ipads

[Briggsy]

16 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

So is the point of this news story to make fun of an old man who seems to have a memory problem.   I don't find this much in the way as news.

The reporters just follow the cops around and write what happens (with lots of mistakes and a few fabrications for entertainment value). It passes for journalism.

[elgordo38]

17 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

You are reading Thaivisa.

Its just to jog your memory on the fate that awaits  many of us down the road. I think I better clean out my account while I can still remember which bank it is in. 

[jerome2]

They just found out that an old medecine give a 100% succes for alzeimer and dementia .On medical revolution ....no its not on youtube ...japan tv  the name is Cilostazol... i want to take some preventive but its only by doctors ...

nobody speak about it probably because its too cheep

Edited December 9, 2016 by jerome2
alzeimer

[partington]

3 hours ago, jerome2 said:

They just found out that an old medecine give a 100% succes for alzeimer and dementia .On medical revolution ....no its not on youtube ...japan tv  the name is Cilostazol... i want to take some preventive but its only by doctors ...

nobody speak about it probably because its too cheep

No such thing as 100% success in alzheimer's, and it would be hard to say what that even would mean. This drug does have a positive effect , but it's not miraculous and it doesn't work on severe cases.

 

In one study of this drug a group of people with mild cognitive impairment  (MMSE score 27 - the  lower the score on this scale the worse your dementia, severe dementia was 21 or below)  was tracked taking a single dementia drug Donepezil, or a combination of Donepezil and Cilostazol, over about two years. 

 

The average decline in MMSE scores over this time (how worse the dementia got)  was -0.9 per year in the  Donezepil group, and -0.7 in the group that took Cilostazol as well. So over two years your  score would go down about 1.8 , and if you took Cilostazol additionally the decline would slow to 1.4.  

 

So it has promise in preserving mental function over time, but not a cure, and not "100%"!