Police in the far northeast of Thailand will look into whether the followers of an abbot who beheaded himself with a DIY guillotine last week should be prosecuted for aiding his attempt at attaining enlightenment.
Maj. Niphon Panitcharoen of Nong Bua Lamphu Police said yesterday that those who moved, cleaned, and burned Dhammakorn Wangphrecha’s body could be charged with the crime of concealing a corpse despite clear evidence that his actions last week amounted to suicide.
When local police arrived Thursday to the Wat Phuhingong Monastery in Nong Bua Lamphu province, they found the 68-year-old abbot’s body already placed in a wooden coffin, with the guillotine already disassembled. Niphon said those involved may have violated a law requiring that the police be called and the scene left untouched after an abnormal death occurs. Doing otherwise – as well as…
