Phra Suksan Kanyen, 35, was stopped for suspected drink-driving in his black Honda Accord car, registered in Bangkok, in tambon Non Thong of Kaset Sombun district on Monday evening. Praphai Ratanamongkol, chief of tambon Non Thong, said he was forced to remove Phra Suksan, a monk at Wat Ban Duea in tambon Ban Yang, from the car to prevent an accident. Phra Suksan was brought to Wat Boriboon, where the abbot was also the ecclesiastical chief of tambon Ban Yang. The chief, Phra Khru Chai-anant, planned to defrock Phra Suksan on Tuesday morning because he was too drunk to undergo the ceremony on Monday evening. Phra Khru Chai-anant learned from local residents that Phra Suksan fled Wat Boriboon early on Tuesday -- still driving fast and swerving his car.

Source: Bangkok Post May 21, 2019 05:37 UTC