The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has found spending irregularities in a budget of more than 60 million baht for the funeralrites of Somdej Phra Buddhacharn, also known as Somdej Kiew.
.. initialinvestigations into financialirregularities had found evidence of fraud.
Somdej Phra Buddhacharn, also known as Somdej Kiew, died Aug 10, 2013. His cremation was held last March.
...a complaint has been lodged against Phra Phromsuthi, the abbot of Wat Sa Ket.
...Phra Phromsuthi has been accused of embezzling money for the rites, by diverting it to a housing project for the monk's relatives in Ayutthaya province.
...The cremation (by royal flame) was performed on March 9 at Wat Thepsirintrawas temple.
The Yingluck Shinawatra cabinet on Jan 21 approved a budget of 67 million baht for the rites....
-- Edited by PeaceBeWithUs on Monday 24th of July 2017 09:10:12 AM