19 Cambodian monks arrested, defrocked in Phuket

Nineteen Cambodian monks were defrocked and arrested yesterday (December 2) after police found them to be in Thailand illegally and soliciting donations in Wichit. … Police search three tents and found foreign and Thai cash inside each monk’s bag. Some had around B1,000, others more than B10,000. Police also found 19 mobile phones, fake passports and monks’ IDs from Cambodia. …

Suthicha Sirirat
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