Four monks missing after bamboo raft breaks up in Surat Thani

A search has been launched for four Buddhist monks who went missing after their bamboo raft broke apart while drifting along a canal in Kaengkrung National Park. (Photo: JS100 Radio)

A search operation has been launched for four Buddhist monks who vanished after a bamboo raft carrying 12 monks broke apart while drifting along a canal in Kaengkrung National Park in Surat Thani province on Thursday night.

Park officials, local community leaders, villagers and rescue workers on Friday joined forces to search for the missing monks after the incident in Khlong Mui, located within Bang Yuan forest of Kaengkrung National Park, which stands in Vibhavadi district of the southern province, according to JS100 Radio.