A monk was ordered to be defrocked after a car accident in Khon Kaen raised suspicion that he used a dating application to meet another monk and was involved in drug abuse.
The deputy ecclesiastical chief of Khon Kaen said on Wednesday evening that he ordered a 32-year-old monk of Wat Sa Thong in Mancha Khiri district to be defrocked after discovering that he used his civilian picture in his dating application account.
The monk allegedly used the app to arrange a meeting with another monk from Nakhon Phanom province at a hotel.
Both were travelling in a Toyota Fortuner, which hit a barrier and broke down on Srichan Road in front of Khon Kaen Hospital on Tuesday.
Drug use equipment was found in the car and in the monk's room at the temple.
