Three monks living at Wat Ban Makham on Tambon Kaedam in Maha Sarakham’s Kae Dam district rang the bells at 3am when they heard thieves cutting trees in the temple grounds. When some 30 villagers came to the temple, the two trees had been felled with a chainsaw. The thieves had managed to cut one of the trees into logs and fled the scene with the logs. The abbot said the trees were about 50 metres away from the monks’ living quarters. When the monks rang the bells, the thieves pointed their spotlights on to the monks, prompting them to run for cover for fear of being shot.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 22, 2017 07:41 UTC