The police CIB claims to have a list of 95 disreputable monks who should be disrobed. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has launched a nationwide crackdown on 95 rogue monks, singling out those who indulge in sex, scams, transvestism and politics. CIB commissioner Lt Gen Thitiraj Nhongharnpitak said the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) is spearheading the drive aimed at keeping the monastic community free of scandals. Pol Lt Gen Thitiraj said there are 95 wayward monks on the list. Two weeks earlier, a CSD team arrested a 27-year-old monk and two others in Bangkok for alleged fraud.

Source: Bangkok Post December 03, 2017 22:18 UTC