Temple donations probe stepped up

Buddhist park delays also in crosshairs

- WASSAYOS NGAMKHAM

Authorities are accelerating their investigation into suspected financial irregularities at Wat Nakhon Sawan and the protracted construction of a Buddhist park in the province, amid growing concerns of embezzlement and misuse of religious donations.

Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), provided an update on the ongoing investigation into Phra Thammavachirathirakhun, now known as “Tid Sarit’, the ex-abbot of Wat Nakhon Sawan and the former ecclesiastical provincial governor of Nakhon Sawan.

He confirmed that officers remain onsite to collect further evidence, having already uncovered multiple irregularities.