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Houses raided over B100m temple funds theft

Police impound assets at one of the four houses raided on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of 100-million-baht in donations from a temple in Nong Bua district, Nakhon Sawan. (Photo supplied)

NAKHON SAWAN: Police investigating a 100-million-baht embezzlement at a local temple searched several houses and impounded assets worth millions of baht, including many valuable amulets, on Tuesday.

Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaeo, commander of the Counter Corruption Division, said about 60 police raided four houses in Nakhon Sawan early on Tuesday morning, looking to recover money stolen from Wat Huai Duan in Nong Bua district.

One of the houses belonged to Sanoh Thongpron, the 66-year-old treasurer of the temple, he said.

Within the compound there was a single-storey house, a…

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