The woman is reportedly an elder relative of Armed Forces staffer Second Lieutenant Thititat Niponpittaya, whose house in Bangkok was shown as the company’s address. A source said Thititat’s elder relative, who has not been named yet, had got PR and event-organising jobs from a temple via a senior monk. When Thititat got ordained as a monk in a grand ceremony, the senior monk performed the ordination for him. It remains unclear whether Thititat, his former boss and his elder relative will face any charges in connection with temple-fund embezzlement. 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.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 17, 2018 21:00 UTC