Something rotten at the heart of Thai Buddhism

Something rotten at the heart of Thai Buddhism
A financial scandal involving nuns at a meditation center is the latest corruption case to rock Buddhist Thailand
Updated: April 29, 2021 04:07 AM GMT
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A file photo of Buddhist nuns attending a meeting in Thailand. Clergymen and clergywomen are generally accorded reverential respect by Thai Buddhists. (Photo: YouTube)
Three Buddhist nuns have been arrested and charged with defrauding several hundred Thais by help of a pyramid scheme-like investment scam conducted at a meditation center near Bangkok.
The nuns were caught after some 400 people had complained to police that the Buddhist clergywomen had encouraged them to invest in a scheme promising high returns but failed to deliver on the promised windfalls.

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