Bangkok Post
Aids hospice embezzlers sentenced to hundreds of years
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Former abbot Alongkot Phoolmuk and his aide have been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for embezzling funds donated to the Aids hospice at Wat Phrabat Namphu in Lop Buri, and ordered to return over 300 million baht to the temple.
Key facts
- Former abbot Alongkot Phoolmuk and his aide have been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for embezzling funds donated to the Aids hospice at Wat Phrabat Namphu in Lop Buri, and ordered to return over 300 million baht to the temple.
- However, both defendants will actually serve a maximum of 50 years in prison, the maximum allowed under the Criminal Code when an offender is convicted of multiple distinct offences, according to the Central Criminal Court for Corruption
- The two men were convicted of misappropriating and embezzling donations made to the well-known temple that was founded in 1992, and using the money for their personal benefit
- Alongkot, 66, formerly known as Luang Phor Alongkot, received separate sentences for 185 counts, related to being a public official dishonestly misappropriating property, or dishonestly allowing another person to take the property, as well
Summary
However, both defendants will actually serve a maximum of 50 years in prison, the maximum allowed under the Criminal Code when an offender is convicted of multiple distinct offences, according to the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases.
The two men were convicted of misappropriating and embezzling donations made to the well-known temple that was founded in 1992, and using the money for their personal benefit. They were also convicted of money laundering.