The abbot is one of five senior monks implicated in a temple fund embezzlement scandal. Pol Lt Col Pongporn said the investigation process under the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has not started yet, therefore the council did not want the media to speculate or exaggerated in reporting the matter. "The media should talk to the NACC or the police's Counter Corruption Division [CCD] for updated information, not the Sangha Council," he said. Three Sangha Council members accused of involvement in the temple fund embezzlement scandal all reportedly attended a Sangha Council meeting yesterday. Our group members are discussing whether to protest against the office and Pol Lt Col Pongporn," Mr Korn said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 20, 2018 23:36 UTC