Thai police arrest Buddhist abbot on suspicion of embezzling $2.8m
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Phra Wachirayan Wi arrested alongside woman he was filmed having sex with in latest scandal to hit country’s clergy Police in Thailand have arrested a senior Buddhist monk on suspicion of embezzling $2.8m intended for his monastery, alongside a suspected female accomplice he was filmed having sex with. The case is the latest scandal to hit the clergy in Buddhist-majority country, after a sex and extortion case invol…
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- Thai police arrest Buddhist abbot on suspicion of embezzling $2.8mThe Guardian World