Four held, suspect sought after novice monk found killed
By The Nation

 

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NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- Authorities are looking into the assets of a temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat province after finding that a novice monk had been killed and its former abbot locked up in suspicious circumstances.

 

The alleged crimes raised speculation that someone might have sought the temple’s assets. 

 

Former monk, Denchai Phuniyom, his wife, and their two alleged accomplices Natee Seedorn, 42, and a former novice monk are all being detained.

 

“The temple owns and leases 89 residential units. We will have to find out where the rent has gone to,” Nakhon Si Thammarat’s police chief Pol Maj-General Wanchai Ekpornpich said yesterday. 

 

He said authorities had been poring over the suspects’ financial transactions. 

 

“The probe may lead to asset seizures,” he said. 

 

Ekchai said police were also trying to locate Pisit Bussaban, a 55-year-old transvestite, as new evidence suggested he had played a role in the killing of the novice monk, Samanera Pleum. The victim’s father has collected his body for funeral rites. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317193

 

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Who would have thought monks and temples would be involved in crime?

20 minutes ago, wakeupplease said:

Who would have thought monks and temples would be involved in crime?

Err, it is not the monks involved, it is a transvestite and accomplices.

Just now, spiderorchid said:

Err, it is not the monks involved, it is a transvestite and accomplices.

You need to realise that nearly all Buddhist citizens in Thailand enter the Wat for a minimum of three months as novices. 

The background of the novices is not questioned. Peer pressure is often involved by the parents. It is expected by all sons.

All Wat that I have seen in a rural area are wonderful, occupied by monks of belief in the customs.

 Those that are not that way inclined leave after three months.

 I am talking about almost all Wat, not spaceship versions

1 hour ago, wakeupplease said:

Who would have thought monks and temples would be involved in crime?

surely not   !    there's no way monks would be involved in anything bad  ..... 

The novice was probably not sharing his ill-gotten gains, so they got rid of him.

5 hours ago, spiderorchid said:

Err, it is not the monks involved, it is a transvestite and accomplices.

...and who delivered the food every day to the locked-up Abbott in the temple?