Jet set monk Wirapol arrested
After spending a few years abroad and finally the United States, the “Jetset monk” is back in Thailand. He was arrested in the United States in 2016 and extradited to Thailand last year. Not a smart move by this monk to flee to a country where there is a possibility of deportation.
Monk in Pattaya
Those Thais are wonderful people, aren't they? Yesterday I attended a gigantic celebration to mark the fact that a boy became a temporary monk.
People from Isan – a monk
There is a temple complex about a mile away from the Inquisitor's house. A pleasant walk, five hundred meters along the connecting street and then you turn right on a red dirt road. You then enter a large wooded area. Old trees, valuable wood that is not cut down. The further down the road, the darker, because the trees are getting closer together. The sun may shine exuberantly, it is leafy, always just a little cooler. At one point you come to a gate – which is always open, besides, you might as well enter next to that gate, there is no other fence. There's something mysterious about that gate. Why is it there?
A while ago there was an article on the blog about becoming a monk and the associated rituals. This weekend we prepared our son for entering the temple for 15 days.
Leicester City FC gets blessing from Thai monk
Leicester City's success story has a Thai edge as the club is owned by Vichai Raksriaksorn. This billionaire got rich with the King Power Duty Free shops in Thailand. Is a monk the key to the success of the football club?
One of Thailand's most prominent monks, 200.000-year-old Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn, has been charged with owning a classic cream-colored Mercedes, worth more than $XNUMX. The police suspect him of tax evasion and have asked him to answer some questions about his remarkable property, but Somdet Chuang refuses to answer.
News from Thailand – February 22, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Radical monk Isara calls for boycott of Sangha
– Police are on the trail of suspects in the Narathiwat car bomb attack
– Chilean cyclist (48) on a world tour, killed in Korat
– Truck hit by train, driver dies
– Frenchmen arrested for selling fake football shirts
News from Thailand – February 21, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Forum on energy auction does not provide new positions
– Possible embezzlement case around Abbot Dhammachayo will be continued
– No more Thai wombs for rent
– Fugitive Dutch drug criminal arrested in Jomtien
– Guide in Pattaya leaves 33 Chinese at the side of the road
Reader question: I am looking for plastic figurines of monks
I bought these real live plastic monks (see photo) at the Chatutchak weekend market. This year we are of course going to Thailand again and I would like to buy more. But unfortunately we no longer come to Bangkok on weekends.
News from Thailand – August 23, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Cigar butt proves: jet-set monk is the father
• Massive tax fraud detected
• Baht drops to three-year low
News from Thailand – July 29, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Former Prime Minister Thaksin received death threats in (fake?) video
• Anti-corruption control not watertight
• Another monk who rapes a minor
News from Thailand – July 27, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Two years of agricultural subsidies cost the government 700 billion baht
• Happy Birthday to former Prime Minister Thaksin (64)
• Transvestite shot for unwanted advances
News from Thailand – July 25, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Of the 16.000 double-decker buses, 447 are certified
• Small message yields fertilizer
• Three dead and three injured in bomb attack in South
Seen on television, but I can't find the corresponding message. The crocodile snaps its mouth shut when the man puts his head inside. He was slightly injured.
News from Thailand – July 21, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Passport 'jet-set' ex-monk revoked; DSI asks 20 countries for cooperation
• Commercial banks post net profit of 87,09 billion baht
• Suicide or murder? Nurse's mother fights for justice
A paltry 320.000 baht is still in the bank accounts of 'jet-set' ex-monk Wirapol Sukphol. Since the scandal broke around the monk accused of fraud, sex with a minor, money laundering and much more, he has managed to siphon off 200 million baht.
News from Thailand – July 19, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Family member 'jet-set' monk rages
• Army wants to patch up airship
• Court prohibits polluting coal transport