Alleged to have conspired with fugitive former chief of Buddhism office
Police search the living quarters of Phra Sitthi Woranayok, abbot of Wat Khao Durian, at the temple in tambon Khao Phra of Muang district, Nakhon Nayok, on Friday morning. (Photo supplied)
NAKHON NAYOK: A deputy chief monk of the province was arrested on Friday morning for alleged theft of 110 million baht over nine years from local temple funds in collusion with a missing former Buddhism office chief, police said.
Police searched the living quarters of Phra Sitthi Woranayok, abbot of Wat Khao Durian in tambon Khao Phra of Muang district, about 6am on Friday. The abbot is also deputy ecclesiastic chief of Nakhon Nayok.
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