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‘Temple swindler’ assets to be investigated

Apirat: Suspected of embezzling

Police have found luxury assets worth a total of 100 million baht including a Bentley, Porsche and gold-plated amulets registered under the names of suspected embezzler Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya and some of his family members and partner.

Mr Apirat is suspected of embezzling 190 million baht from Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara in Bangkok and its branch temples upcountry.

According to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), Mr Apirat, who was a close acquaintance of Somdet Phra Wannarat, the late abbot of Wat Bowon Niwet, repeatedly transferred money from the temple’s bank accounts into his own.

The police investigation initially uncovered a wealth of goods including the two luxury cars as well as a Volvo,…

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