Phra Thammachiranuwat (Yaem Kittintharo) or Chao Khun Yaem, formerly named Yaem Inthrakrungkao, was a native of Khlong Rang Sai, Tambon Bang Phasi, Amphoe Bang Len, Nakhon Pathom Province. He was ordained as a monk at Wat Rai Khing when he was a 12-year-old novice until he was ordained as a monk. He currently holds the ecclesiastical title of Phra

This morning, there was sensational news after the Anti-Corruption Division police asked the court to issue an arrest warrant for Phra Thammawachiranuwat (Yaem Kittintharo), the abbot of Wat Rai Khing, on charges of being an official whose duty is to purchase or manage property but embezzles or corruptly takes it for himself, being an official who

Today (May 15, 2025), Pol. Lt. Gen. Jiraphop Phuridet, Commander of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), revealed that after the court issued an arrest warrant for Phra Thammawachiranuwat (Yaem Kittintharo), abbot of Wat Rai Khing, Nakhon Pathom Province, and head of the 14th Sangha Region, in a case of embezzlement of over 300 million baht in t

The beginning of this story came from the Crime Suppression Division police receiving a complaint that "Phra Thammachiranuwat" or "Chao Khun Yaem" had misappropriated money from Wat Rai Khing to gamble online. Therefore, they sent undercover agents to infiltrate the temple for more than 8 months to prove whether the abbot really behaved as complain

Latest, at 7:40 p.m., reporters reported that police officers from the Anti-Corruption Division of the Royal Thai Police carried a Buddha statue in the meditation posture into the interrogation room where the abbot of Wat Rai Khing was being questioned, and noticed that the Buddha statue had been placed on a table in front of Phra Thammachiranuwat.