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Thailand: Sex Scandal Shakes Buddhist Faithful
- Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, stated that a prominent monk outside Bangkok is implicated in an embezzlement case unrelated to the Sika Golf sex scandal.
- Wilawan Emsawat, also known as Ms Golf, was arrested for extorting monks, reportedly receiving around 385 million baht over three years.
- Authorities discovered that Ms Golf had about 80,000 photos and videos stored on her phones, which were used for blackmailing at least nine monks.
- The Sangha Supreme Council will review monastic regulations and increase penalties for misconduct among monks.
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"Mme Golf" case, of the nickname of the woman suspected of having blackmailed monks with whom she had had sex, stirred the country by its magnitude and called into question the religious institution.
More than 13 high-ranking clergymen are said to have had sexual relations with a woman who was rewarded for her silence: in Thailand, a sex scandal shakes confidence in Buddhist monasticism.
Buddhist monks are supposed to lead a life of chastity and renunciation – but thousands of them are supposed to show a dozen of them while having sex with a woman. Afterwards, they blackmailed the men by millions.
Monks of Theravada Buddhism are required to live in celibacy, but a woman broke that.
Bangkok, Thailand. A sexual scandal led by Buddhist monks in Thailand revealed this week the lavish way of life of some of them and led devotees to question their faith in this religion so deeply rooted in the kingdom of Southeast Asia. This week the police arrested a 35-year-old woman named “Golf” this week, accused of having sex with at least 11 monks and threatening to divulge evidence of their intimate encounters if they were not paid money.…
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