NOB chief: Five senior monks implicated in temple fund scandal are still innocent

Five senior monks, including three members of the Sangha Supreme Council, who were implicated in alleged temple fund embezzlement are still innocent, said Pol Lt-Col Pongporn Pramsaneh, director of the National Office of Buddhism, on Friday (April 20).

In his capacity as the secretary of the Sangha Supreme Council, told a brief press conference that he had no bias against the five senior monks and the charges against them were based on evidence.

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By Thai PBS

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