PUBLISHED: 4 Mar 2025 at 06: 01
Chusak Sirinil, the secretary of the prime minister’s office, has demanded that a top monk from Chiang Mai be charged with hiring a coworker to take his level-five Pali exam in Bangkok.
The top priest, whose name was not provided, was appointed priest of a well-known church in the state and head of the tambon church purchase in San Pa Tong district by the Chiang Mai religious office.
The stand-in was discovered at Sanam Luang in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon area on February 24 and 25 during the interview.
The monk’s priest of Wat Tha Ton in Chiang Mai’s Mae Ai area, Phra Thepmangkalachan, the religious provincial government of the northern state, signed an established order on Sunday to remove him from the two jobs.
The bard’s choice to hire someone else to take his exam for him constitutes a serious violation of Buddhist monastery ethics, which threatens the faith’s foundation.
Mr. Chusak claimed to have informed the National Office of Buddhism’s chairman of the situation, which he claimed also qualifies as a criminal offence. He exhorted the organization to act quickly.
Additionally, this circumstance made it easier for monks to find more of the wider flaws in local examinations that are reserved for monks because they frequently lack the same strict supervision as those held in Bangkok.
The top priest in issue is currently facing additional research and possible administrative action, including the possibility of being defrocked.
The priest is 35 years old and frequently wears sunglasses in people, according to reports in the media.
His stand-in likewise wore glasses while taking the test, but he appeared much older than the older friar.