He confronted Phra Nu, as he was known before he left the monkhood, in the hours after the incident, and punched him. A photograph taken by the husband shows Phra Nu trying to cover his face. CCTV footage shows Phra Nu, who was wearing shorts and white T-shirt, fleeing the motel room across the motel compound. The former abbot's mother, Sawai, aged 70, who lives in Ban Phaeo district, denied her son had taken shelter there. He denied Phra Nu had left the monkhood at his own temple as his mother claimed.

Source: Bangkok Post September 04, 2021 23:08 UTC