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The temple cries out for booking a Kathina ceremony for 1 million baht, but posts on social media to raise money.

The abbot of a temple in Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province, complained that a young woman claimed she was coming to host a Kathin ceremony. But in the end, the appointment was awry. Caused more than 1 million baht in damage. Found suspicious posts on Facebook to raise Kathin money. Plus driving a red license plate car.

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Video clip recording the event After the completion of the 2023 Annual Kathin Ceremony of Ketprapha Temple, Khlong 6, Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province. It was a time when the temple committee had arranged to negotiate with a woman. who was booked to be the host of the Kathin ceremony But it appears that when the time came, this woman actually joined the event. But he refused to pay. and various expenses provided by the temple

by this woman Claimed to the temple committee that there was a business problem. Makes it impossible to bring money to make merit as informed.

It created a lot of trouble for the temple. Because of the cost of organizing such Kathin The temple has already spent more than 1 million baht.

Recently, the PPTV news team went to the area to inquire about the incident. Phrakru Opasthammamongkol Abbot of Wat Ketprapha along with the temple committee The atmosphere in the temple still has a Kathin ceremony tent set up.

The abbot of the temple revealed that last year This woman came to make merit at the Kathina ceremony at the temple. Before coming to inform that he would like to reserve to be a host in 2023 until August 2023, which is the Buddhist Lent period. This woman then came to meet the abbot. and also confirmed the reservation to participate in the Kathina ceremony The total amount of merit is approximately 1 million baht. Then, the abbot and the temple committee The date for the Kathina ceremony was set for November 26, 2023. Even before the event, this woman came to inquire about the details of the event and the cooking of the kitchen.

This is until the evening of November 25, 2023, just one day before the event. This woman came to inform the temple that she did not have 1 million baht for Kathin merit-making as reported. The abbot then emphasized that he had to earn money. Because all the work has been prepared. Until the day of the event, this woman had no money to make merit.

Phrakru Opas Thammamongkol further said that there has never been a problem in organizing the Kathina ceremony every year. Most of the hosts reserve a maximum of 2-3 hundred thousand baht for the Kathin ceremony, but this woman said that there would be 1 million baht in merit. The temple is happy because it is a small temple that the authorities cannot reach. Therefore, he intended to use the Kathin money to restore the roof of the church. New pavilion repair To accommodate the villagers who will come to the temple. But when they didn’t get the money as agreed, they were sad and could only renovate the temple according to their strength.

while the temple committee brought vinyl signs Publicize the Kathin event for the news team to see. On the sign was the name of the woman in question. and friends clearly This sign cost the temple 4,500 baht to make and upon inspection it was found that Such a woman They also brought vinyl signs with their own names. Go post on Facebook. The nature of Kathina fundraising is 1,999 baht per pile, along with specifying your personal account number. And in the comments, there were many people who donated. It makes one wonder if this woman is really accepting money for Kathin offerings. But they didn’t bring it to the temple.

In addition, on the day of Kathin ceremony This woman also drove a red license plate car to attend the event. But refused to donate even a single baht. Buy only cloth and kitchen utensils to make merit.

However, after finishing the Kathin ceremony The temple called this woman to come talk and come to an agreement. In order to take responsibility for the part that the temple had paid more than 180,000 baht, the woman offered to make a promise to return 300,000 baht to the temple on December 1, 2023, but when the deadline came, she did not bring the money. He also filed a complaint against the temple committee. that it damages one’s reputation Until the temple had to come out and complain.

Latest from Phra Luk Wat And the temple committee has filed a complaint against this woman. By raising doubts on many issues, such as if the business lost money as claimed Why not notify in advance that you will not be able to host? If the business loses But why buy a red car? Posting on Facebook for people to participate in Kathin merit-making But transfer the money into your own account. And why did you report to the police? Even though they had already agreed to pay 300,000 baht to the temple.

The news team tried to contact the woman at the phone number provided to the temple. But when I called, no one answered the phone.

2023-12-09 09:54:00
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