News Forum - Abusive Kanchanaburi temple rehab centre ordered to close.

[Thaiger]

Following explosive reports of abuse, extortion, and squalor in a drug rehab centre in a temple in Kanchanaburi, the Department of Medical Services ordered the temple be shut down immediately. The Moo 10 village headman in Dan Makhamtia district received an urgent notice Thursday night instructing an immediate closure of the Wat Tha Phu Rat Bamrung facility. The Narcotic Drugs Act sets criteria for healthcare facilities that the temple failed to meet, and the atrocities were revealed after the temple’s abbot died, which caused the temple’s drug rehab operating licence to automatically expire. The abbot of the temple died 15 […]

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[Griff1315]

Once again the RTP are at the forefront of another scandal including money and extortion.

No real surprise there then...

[MrStretch]

I can't fathom how this place was a Buddhist temple.

How do those actions and the way they treated those people adhere to the principles of Buddhism?

[JohninDublin]

Kanchanaburi and temples don't seem to mix too well. If memory serves, the Tiger Temple that was there was also closed following allegations of "mismanagement".