Thai woman arrested for allegedly seducing monks and extorting $11.9M using temple funds. Details on the scandal that expelled nine abbots and sparked Buddhist reforms.

BANGKOK: The Supreme Patriarch has called on the Thai government to take action against senior monks who violate their celibacy vows, as confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.

A woman named Wilawan Emsawat, also known as Ms Golf, has been arrested. She is accused of having sexual relationships with many monks and then using private videos and photos to blackmail them for ...

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At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

Investigators found the abbot had allegedly been blackmailed by Wilawan over their romantic relationship. She told the monk ...

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Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then ...

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