re: "'Embezzler' had plans for supercar" (BP, April 7, 2022)
Dear editor,
"Some 200 million baht" is no pittance, either for an embezzler to behold with lust or a monk, a revered abbot no less, to be holding. This latest engrossing story from the inspiring lives of Thai Buddhist monks attached to well-gilded temples, complete with properly gilded amulets, themselves "worth more than one million baht," raises questions in need of answers, perhaps even openness, transparency and, the heavens forfend, accountability.
Preeminent perhaps is the question of how, exactly, one gets to have become "a close aide of", for example, the late abbot Somdej Phra Wannarat of Wat Bowon Niwet Vihara? What are the requirements for such closeness to a Thai Buddhist abbot with hundreds of millions (billions?) in largesse to control and bestow with the assistance of a "close aide"? Are there hidden depths in line with the traditions of Thai Buddhist monks that have not yet come to light in this story of elevated Buddhist (Thai style) attachment and practice?
There appears to be some serious backstory here that a bit of proper investigative reporting might usefully fill in, lest rumour and suspicion run riot to the detriment of the good names and reputations of those most concerned.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on April 9, 2022, under the title "Unholy questions" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2292666/unholy-questions
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