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Police charge monk with embezzling B180 million

Famous meditation teacher ‘Phra Ajarn Khom’ leaves monkhood after arrest

Cash donations amounting to 51 million baht were found in the house of one of the three suspects in the embezzlement of 180 million baht from Wat Pha Dhammakiri in Nakhon Ratchasima. (Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham)

A former monk, Phra Ajarn Khom Abhivaro, has been arrested along with two others on charges of embezzling 180 million baht from Wat Pha Dhammakiri, where the monk was based, in Nakhon Ratchasima.

Mr Khom, 39, who achieved fame as a meditation expert and had many high-profile followers, was arrested on a warrant issued by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases, said Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej,…

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