Charges against ‘planking’ monk in Thailand

An assistant rector of Mahamakut Buddhist University filed a police complaint Wednesday at the Crime Suppression Police Bureau against a monk who was photographed “planking” while wearing a monk’s saffron robe.

Bringing information and photographs to the police, Songkran Achariyasap said he had taken personal action so that other monks didn’t follow this “bad example”.

Read more: The Nation

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