Thailand - 30 monks used meth
July 14, 2013, Sunday
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MORE than 30 Thai monks have been defrocked for illegal drug use, an official said Wednesday, in the latest scandal to hit the Buddhist clergy.
One abbot was charged with drug trafficking after urine tests showed the 31 monks - from several dozen monasteries in the Ban Mo district of Saraburi Province - had used methamphetamine.
"Villagers have frequently complained of suspicious gatherings in temples and most of them are drug users or people involved with drugs," said a local government official.
Those who undergo rehabilitation and stop using drugs will be allowed to re-enter the monkhood, he added.
One abbot was charged with drug trafficking after urine tests showed the 31 monks - from several dozen monasteries in the Ban Mo district of Saraburi Province - had used methamphetamine.
"Villagers have frequently complained of suspicious gatherings in temples and most of them are drug users or people involved with drugs," said a local government official.
Those who undergo rehabilitation and stop using drugs will be allowed to re-enter the monkhood, he added.
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