Mr.
Nopparat Benjawattananan, director of the ONAB, said that the Office had been receiving many reports
about monks who collected luxurious sports cars and other expensive goods, which run against
Buddhist ordination codes of conducts.

He cited a video which emerged recently on Youtube
website, showing 3 monks riding on a private jet plane. Iphones and Louis Vitton bags were also seen
in the video.

Mr. Nopparat said initial investigation reveals that the monks were traveling
to Ubon Ratchatani province, and the plane belongs to a ?famous monk? in Sri Saket province. He said
that if the 3 monks are found guilty of their actions, they will be punished by their local
chapters.

The director of ONAB also warned that monks should not retain expensive cars and
other items even though they were donated by the laymen.

If these monks truly live a humble
life, we would not have seen dozens of sport cars lining up in the parking lot of their temple
residence, Mr. Nopparat said.

Additionally, Mr. Nopparat told our correspondent that the
Office would investigate monks who distorted Buddhist teachings by establishing themselves as
necromancers and getting involved in amulet trade – a multi-billion baht industry. He said the
Office is particularly looking into a certain monk with many famous singers as followers.

Ms. Tipkanya Surawittayanon was speaking to reporters after Mr. Tongdee Yeeram and
Ms. Rin Yeeram, parents of Tony Jaa, visited the action star′s house in Nakorn Panom province
accompanied by other relatives. Previously, Ms. Rin told media that her son had disappeared for many
months, leaving his father alone on his sick bed.

She also suggested that Mr. Tongdee is
under influence of vengeful dark magic since Tony Jaa, whose real name is Mr. Panom Yeeram, has been
flirting with sinister magical powers during his quests in martial arts learning. That is why, she
said, Mr. Tongdee and his family visited Mr. Panom′s house: so that the action star could perform a
ritual to release Mr. Tongdee from the dark spell.

However, Mr. Panom was not home. Only his
wife and his brother-in-law were present. They said Mr. Panom was busy shooting his new film in
Ayutthaya province. After 1 hour of discussion, Mr. Tongdee and his company eventually left the
residence.

Later, Ms. Tipkanya, the manager, told reporters that Ms. Rin has phoned Mr.
Panom, telling him that his father needs to see him, so Mr. Panom agreed to meet them at Panancherng
Temple in Ayutthaya. According to Ms. Tipkanya, when Tony Jaa arrived there with his crew, Mr.
Tongdee′s family was already waiting, and Mr. Panom′s staff spotted a relative of Mr. Tongdee with a
pistol holstered on his hip.

Nonetheless, Ms. Tipkanya said, Mr. Panom got in Mr. Tongdee′s
van and talked with him there, but few moments later her crew saw that the van started shaking, so
they rushed to the van to see Mr. Tongdee violently hitting Mr. Panom. The crew reportedly rescued
Mr. Panom back to their vehicle, with Mr. Tongdee chasing behind them with his fist raised. Mr
Panom quickly left the scene with his staff.

The incident took place near a bar called ?Pepper? in Chiang Rai′s
town center. When police arrived at the bar after hearing reports about a ?mad foreigner?, Mr.
Richard Mark, 51, was locking himself in the bedroom behind the bar, holding a kitchen knife and
claiming he would kill himself. Patrons of the bar were standing anxiously outside.

Ms.
Pattaramon Pakaranitichote, 38, identified herself as ex-wife of Mr. Mark. She said she had been
knocking on the room door for hours but Mr. Mark would not come out. Police and rescue workers then
pried out the window and the door slowly, and brought the ex-wife and his friend to negotiate with
him, but Mr. Mark still would not yield.

The Briton was becoming very visibly angry, so the
police decided to charge and disarm him. Mr. Mark, unharmed, was brought to the police station.

Ms. Pattaramon told police she divorced Mr. Mark few months ago. She said when she was
married to him they had opened a bar together, but after few months she realized Mr. Mark had an
uncontrollable anger. According to Ms. Pattaramon, Mr. Mark had once set fires to his car and his
house, so she filed for divorce.

Mr. Steve Tickner added that the temple, designated as
?Safe Zone? for the protesters by the authorities at the time, came under hails of gunfire for
hours.

Mr. Tickner was testifying as a witness to the Criminal Court in Bangkok, which is
attempting to establish who was responsible for 6 deaths in the temple, including some volunteer
medics.

Redshirts have accused the military as firing at the temple from overlooking BTS
track, citing video of the incident as evidence, but the army and members of the former government
under Mr. Abhisit Vejjajeeva have always denied the allegation.

The Australian reporter told
the court that he visited the Redshirts main camp at Central World shopping mall on 15-17 May,
wearing green armband to signify his press status. He said most of the protesters were farmers,
children, and ordinary people. He said he saw no armed group in the protest site.

Mr. Tickner said he saw a man falling down, helped himself up, and slumped onto a BTS
pillar. When Mr. Tickner went to investigate, he said, the man was bleeding profusely from the
bullet wound in his chest, so he and a monk helped carry him to the temple. The man was later
identified as Mr. Atchai Chumchan.

Mr. Tickner told the court that he later met a British
journalist inside the temple called Andrew Buncombe. Mr. Buncombe reportedly told Mr. Tickner he saw
guns being fire from the BTS track, but Mr. Tickner said he did not see anything. Nonetheless, he
said the temple came under attack from gunfire unceasingly for hours, sending people inside the
temple scurry to shelters.

During the moment of sustained gunfire, he said, Mr. Buncombe was
shot in the hip but he did not see the actual moment when the Briton was hit.

He said he took
some photos of the shooting, which started again around 21.00-22.00. Mr. Tickner said he left the
temple around 08.00 on the next day.