Faulty radio electrocutes monk

Pian Pakdiew, 51, said his brother, Phra Kuang Kittiparo, 57, was found dead in front of his living quarters at Wat Thung Sawang in Moo 7 village in Tambon Sung None on Saturday, the antenna of his radio set still in his hands and his left hand badly burned.

Pian said the monk liked to listen to dharma and news programmes.
Sivakorn Kampleng, the village head, said the monk might have bought a substandard radio set from a mobile vendor and the set, which was plugged into a wall socket, shorted.