Preparing for the exam to increase the former waiwaj of Wat Bowon, cheating money from 2 other temples
Date 05 Apr 2022 time 17:10
Police are preparing to visit the area of Trat province to test additional witnesses. After founding the former waiwaj of Wat Bowon, corrupt money from two more temple branches in the area
Reporters reported that Tomorrow (6 Apr) at about 9:00 am, the investigation team of the Crime Suppression Division will also bring troops to the area Wat Rattanawararam, Trat province again, to interrogate various witnesses involved in the case, especially the abbot of the temple and the monks of the temple, including the owner of the Siam Sila Trat diamond mill. which is the accountant of the temple To check the details of the temple’s financial account After further investigations revealed that Mr Ney had fraudulently embezzled money at two other temples in Trat province, Wat Rattanawararam and Wat Khiri Wihan, which cost more than 80 million baht to build the Rattanawararam temple. and budget for the construction of Wat Khiri Wihan School More than 10 million baht
On April 5, Phra Sophon Thamthada (Han Khunwatto), the abbot of Khiri Wihan Temple, Trat Province, revealed the case of corruption in the development of Wat Khiri Wihan money. and Khiri Wihan School that they do not know this Just heard from a reporter Somdet Wanrat was born in Chamrak Subdistrict and was ordained at and went to study at Wat Bowonniwet Vihara When he grew up and had a position, the monks came to develop Wat Khiri Wihan that had been ordained and studied. He came to operate in 1980, bringing Kathin to continually every year. A cloister was built, the temple was restored and a residence was built in the temple area to be used as the residence of Somdej Wanrat when traveling to Trat.
“As for using money to develop temples and schools I don’t know about money. and was not involved in any way because it was a different part of the money and no temple committee recognized the whole asset As for who will come to do that, I don’t know. As for the construction site of the school, it is only a supplier,” said Phra Sophon Thammathada.
while the construction supervisor (anonymous) who is supervising the construction workers of the canteen-gymnasium Wat Khiri Wihan School (Somdej Phra Wanrat Upatham) revealed that he was a disciple of Somdej Phra Wanrat. When there is a construction project of Somdej Phra Wanrat They will be entrusted to supervise the construction workers. by all Wat Khiri Wihan School buildings He is the supervisor of all construction workers. There will be another disciple of Somdej Phra Wanrat. Come check it out again The budget for the construction of each building of the school itself is unknown. Because in the past, Somdej Phra Wanrat will withdraw money to pay for himself in each installment. Therefore, there is no problem in the matter of corruption. But when Somdej was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer In December 2021, the behavior of Mr. Ney wrote a check to pay for various construction projects, but refused to use it as a way to keep the check for himself.
On the other hand, Mr. Surasak Ingprasarn or Sia Peng, the owner of the Siam Sila Trad diamond mill The donor of 30 rai of land for the construction of Wat Rattanawararam said that he personally knew Somdej Father. (Somdet Phra Wanrat) 6 years ago, when he knew that he wanted to build a temple, he had donated over 30 rai of land to build a temple called. Wat Rattanawararam Before the construction can be carried out, a permit must be obtained from the Office of the Buddha of Trat Province in order to send it to the central area. After receiving permission, the foundation stone was laid, with Gen. Anupong Phaochinda, Minister of the Interior, as the chairman. and transfer money into the account of the Siam Sila Trat diamond mill Disbursement must have 3 people who are one of them, but will never disburse in the bank. There will be a payer instead. All the money that has been in the construction for 5-6 years has passed into the account of 134 million baht and before the death of Somdej Father 19 million has been transferred to continue the construction of the remaining 10%.
“So far I have not been involved in any disbursement and have not participated in this misappropriation because withdrawing money will have 3 people aware, disbursement will take two-thirds, but I have never been. go withdraw When there is a cost, it will be notified and paid. both in terms of wages cost of building materials or other expenses can check all Very sorry for the incident that happened this time. because people close to him are the ones who do Previously, Somdej Phor had suggested to speed up the construction before he could not see the temple. I didn’t think this would happen. But it has to expedite the process to be completed according to the will of Somdej Father. On April 6, the PSC will meet at the Siam Sila Trat stone mill to investigate the facts. I am ready to do all the investigations and have evidence that the police department will know as well,” Mr Surasak said.
While the investigative team said that from the examination of the financial path Found that there have been several transfers from the temple’s bank account to Mr. Ney’s personal account. before being converted to other assets such as luxury cars and valuable assets In particular, various brands of luxury cars of Mr. Ney that were seized from all 9 vehicles from the inspection of possession documents. Found that the name of Mr. Ney is the owner of a few cars. Most of the names of the car owners are the names of close people, such as close young men, father, mother and younger siblings. Currently, the investigation is underway to determine whether such persons have been involved in the manipulation of property acquired by wrongdoing. too? If it is found that these people have the intention of helping to manipulate property. To evade investigations, money laundering charges may be considered against these groups.
The news report also stated that Meanwhile, an audit of the temple’s financial accounts during 2021 also found that Mr Ney had taken several of the temple’s bank accounts for cash withdrawals several times. without knowing that the money was withdrawn for any purpose It is currently under investigation to determine whether it is withdrawn for personal use or for use for temple purposes. And what is the total amount of these withdrawals? It may take some time to trace. Because the temple’s bank account has many accounts and there are many conflicting money transactions.