Details
emerged that the monk in question might be Luang Puu (Elder/Grandfather Monk) Nen Kam
Chattiko, a famous monk based in Sisaket province. Although he is described to be merely 36 years
old, he fashioned the prefix Luang Puu out of belief that he was an old monk in the past
life, while his followers claimed that he often appeared in their dreams as an elder, holy
man.

Now, yet another image becomes talk of the town in the Thai social network: the picture
showing the man whose appearance closely resembles Luang Puu Nen Kam sleepding next to a woman.
Buddhist doctrine forbid monks from touching women, let alone sleeping with one.

Mr. Virord
Chaiyapannana, director of Sisaket province′s chapter of ONAB, said that if Nen Kam is indeed the
man in the picture, he will certainly be expelled from monkhood.

However, he played down the
severity of the case involving monks who travelled on private jet plane (Mr. Virord said he was
still not sure if it was Nen Kam in the video). He said monks might need a fast way to commute when
they received urgent assignments, and those jet planes might be given to the monks by wealthy
templegoers.

The temple itself is a large, quiet compound,
according to our correspondent. Only 2-3 staff were guarding the temple. No layman or monk or any
novice was present.

Ms. Fang Donkaew, a
neighbor, said she has not seen Luang Puu visiting the masion for months now. Another neighbor, who
declined to be named, said when Luang Puu did visit his parents, his convoy would consist of many
expensive cars, with local police officers heading the motorcade.

As our correspondent was
examining the area, a woman emerged from the mansion and shut the the large stainless gate. She
refused to answer any question, but neighbors told our correspondent she is a sister-in-law of Luang
Puu Nen Kam.

The incident took place at Bor
Sang branch of the bank in Sankampaeng district. Pol.Col. Monthop Saengchamnong said the at least 2
burglars broke into the bank on 02.30, approaching the bank from behind the building.

They
placed white tape on close-circuited camera and cut off the wires on anti-burglary device of the
building, suggesting that the suspects had good knowledge of their target.

Pol.Col. Monthop
said that the suspects then proceeded to saw off the iron bars on the window, entered the building,
walked upstairs, and broke into the storage room housing the bank′s air-conditioning system. There,
police said, the suspects climbed onto the air ventilation duct and, using electric cord as rope,
descended on the bank counters area where the bank′s safe box is also located.

However, the
burglars could not open the safe. They even turned on the light in the bank around 03.41-03.43 in
order to investigate the safe closely, according to footage recorded by the CCTV installed inside
the bank. The suspects had been operating in the dark earlier to avoid being captured on the
operating CCTV.

As she toured science projects held at the
Government House today, Ms. Yingluck encountered a 50 pound birthday cake topped by jelly that
resembled a red crab – a reference to her nickname (Puu Daeng or Red Crab).

A robotic
arm, an innovation by Reed Tradex Company that was being displayed alongside other science projects,
was waiting for Ms. Yingluck next to the cake. It proceeded to demonstrate its ability by cutting
the cake for the Prime Minister, while someone brought out a violin and played ?Happy Birthday? for
Ms. Yingluck, who would turn 46 this 21 June.

Visibly pleased by the show, the smiling Ms.
Yingluck cut out some cakes, talked with the staff, and left for the Cabinet meeting. On the way
out, she told the crowd of reporters, hat′s some surprise!

Earlier, Ms. Yingluck was also
expressing her interest at an exhibition, organized by Ministry of Science, which promised a
technology that would help prolong freshness of fruits and vegetables by 2-5 times. The exhibition
says the technology will greatly improve the quality of Thai fresh food
exports.

The 3-meter wide stingray was found in Muang district of the province by Mr. Chairat
Sopa, 40. Mr. Chairat said he and his friends were fishing with nets in Mekong River when he
stumbled upon the giant creature. News of its discovery attracts many locals who quickly arrived at
the scene. Many said that such a big stingray has not been found in their district for 50
years.

The discovery was short-lived however, as the locals took turns to hack off its meat.
The locals said it is considered lucky to eat such a rare fish. Some said they intended to sell the
meat for 100 baht per kg.

Mr. Prachak Charoenrat, official of Nakhon Phanom Fishing
Authorities, said these freshwater stingrays usually live in very deep water, so not many people
have seen them. He suggested that the stingrays were migrating due to change in the river level, so
one of them might have strayed off and got caught by local fishermen.

Nevertheless, Mr.
Prachak said the Fishing Authorities will inform the citizens not to fish these marine lives because
it is currently their breeding seasons. He warned that the giant stingrays might disappear from
Mekong River if local fishermen constantly seek them out for food.

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.