A former asset manager of a temple in Bangkok has renewed a complaint he made against the temple's current abbot, accusing him of embezzling 95 million baht and disposing of a partially cremated corpse into the Chao Phraya River.
Channarong Phiandi, former asset manager and lay accountant of Wat Sutthi Wararam, on Thursday gave his statement to a committee appointed by Bangkok's office of the provincial chief monk to investigate the allegations.
The allegations were initially lodged with the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) in 2019 when a probe was carried out. But some senior monks interfered with the probe, trying to get the abbot off the hook, Mr Channarong said.
