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Buddhist group calls for Pongporn to quit over case of monks’ alleged fraud

A GROUP of Buddhists has demanded the dismissal of National Buddhism Office’s director Pol Lt-Colonel Pongporn Parmsneh after he pursued legal proceedings against five senior monks over alleged embezzlement of state funds for temples.

Pongporn returns as NBO head after row

September 26, 2017

Chief reinstated to Buddhism office as temple corruption probe continues.

Pongporn ‘will receive benefits’

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2017

Deputy PM says transfer of former NBO chief was not intended as ‘persecution’

NBO chief defiant after transfer amid religious row

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2017

Pongporn’s reforms said to have upset senior monks, who pressured cabinet for change.

New Buddhism Office chief is tasked with returning temple back to the fold

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2017

AN IMPORTANT mission of the new chief of the National Office of Buddhism is to turn the scandal-hit Dhammakaya Temple into an ordinary temple like others, according to observers.

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