泰国警方逮捕了位于古都大城的瓦菩提寺66岁住持帕察瑞延·维，指控其挪用寺院捐款1。警方调查员帕塔那萨克·布帕苏汪表示，其中约89万泰铢用于寺院装修，另有280万泰铢用于采购佛牌和宗教物品1。与此同时，一名47岁女性共犯也被逮捕，涉嫌协助转移和隐瞒资金1。
当局已查封价值约2.15亿泰铢的资产，包括16公斤金条、珠宝和28份地产证1。调查于2024年7月中旬启动，源于匿名举报1。监控录像显示两名被告在僧舍内发生性关系，该视频被泰国媒体广泛播放1。根据泰国佛教规则，僧侣必须遵守独身誓言并放弃物质财产，帕察瑞延·维已在被捕后不久被逐出教籍1。
这起案件是泰国佛教界继去年一起僧侣性勒索丑闻后的又一重大风波，去年案件中一名女性涉嫌通过与至少11名僧侣发生性关系进行敲诈，挪用近1200万美元寺院资金1。
Thai authorities have arrested Phra Wachirayan Wi, a 66-year-old abbot at Wat Bodhitej temple in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, on charges of embezzling approximately $2.8 million in temple donations 1. The investigation, which began in mid-July 2024 following an anonymous tip, revealed that the abbot had diverted funds for temple renovations and the purchase of Buddhist amulets and religious items 1. Police have also detained a 47-year-old woman suspected of complicity in transferring and concealing the misappropriated money 1.
Authorities have seized assets valued at approximately 21.5 million baht, including 16 kilograms of gold bars, jewelry, and 28 property deeds 1. Surveillance footage showing the abbot and the female suspect engaging in sexual conduct within temple premises was widely broadcast by Thai media 1. Under Thai Buddhist monastic rules, ordained monks are required to maintain celibacy vows and renounce material possessions 1. Following his arrest, the abbot was defrocked 1.
This case represents another major scandal within Thailand's Buddhist establishment, occurring in the aftermath of a previous controversy in which a woman allegedly extorted nearly $12 million in temple funds through sexual coercion involving at least 11 monks 1.
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