“Then, they may face up to 200 years in jail if convicted.”Watcharapol reckoned that the convicts might get some penalty reduction. The NACC has now set up a subcommittee to investigate the use of state funds at 13 temples in response to allegations of embezzlement. Thititat and his relative were apparently close to the top monk at the Sa Ket Temple. Implicated are Phra Phromdilok, the abbot of Sam Phraya Temple; Phra Phrommedhi, an assistant abbot of Samphanthawongsaram Temple; Phra Phromsitti, the abbot of Sa Ket Temple; and Sa Ket Temple’s assistant abbots Phra Medhisuttikorn and Phra Wijitdhammaporn. “Following his transfer, we heard that he was often seen at the Sa Ket Temple.”

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 18, 2018 18:56 UTC