Late last month, Sipboworn Kaewngam, director of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB), warned people about what they should and shouldn't do to monks who misbehaved.
In his address to the media, he said the clergy had the Sangha Act and the authority to deal with misbehaving monks and that laypeople shouldn't act above the law or do anything against them based on their own judgement.
He insisted that the NOB had tried to handle problems with discretion and in a quiet manner as they were sensitive issues that may affect the feelings of many Buddhists.
