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The Bangkok Post on MSN22h
New scandal echoing 'Sika Golf' emerges
Police are investigating a high-ranking monk over allegations he embezzled hundreds of millions of baht in temple donations and engaged in an inappropriate romantic relationship, in a case reminiscent ...
The abbot of Wat Nakhon Sawan, who was also the ecclesiastical chief in this lower northern province, left the monkhood just ...
A woman accused of seducing senior Buddhist monks and blackmailing them into paying large sums of money has been arrested in ...
Shocking volumes of evidence, including thousands of explicit videos of monks in intimate situations have been recovered from her mobile phones. Her actions have led to a wider probe into the conduct ...
A prominent monk implicated in an alleged embezzlement case involving temple funds and affairs with a woman is based outside of Bangkok, a senior police officer said on Saturday.The case is also ...
Wilawan Emsawat, 35, known as Sika Golf, is accused of extorting and blackmailing senior monks at popular temples in several ...
Thailand’s Monkhood is facing a crisis as scandals erode the sacred trust that has long upheld this revered institution of ...
Wilawan Emsawat, 35, known as Sika Golf, is accused of blackmailing some of the country's most senior monks by threatening to ...
Bangkok Post on MSN1d
Love, lust and lost funds
A growing scandal involving senior Buddhist monks and a woman dubbed "Sika Golf" has gripped Thailand in recent weeks. The case centres on Wilawan Emsawat, a 35-year-old woman accused of forging ...
Thailand’s Buddhist community faces serious turmoil after misconduct allegations against senior monks have come to light.
The controversy erupted after Phra Thep Wachirapamok—widely known as Arch—the highly respected abbot of Bangkok’s Wat Tri ...