The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) is considering investigating charges of fraud against Luang Pu Nen Kham as a special case.
Deputy DSI chief Police Colonel Yarnpol Yungyuen said the department is gathering evidence, in collaboration with the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), to investigate the high-profile monk’s financial irregularities, which include the circulation of more than THB200 million in 10 of his bank accounts.
The agency will travel to the abbot’s temple in Si Sa Ket province to collect evidence before proceeding to summon witnesses for questioning.
AMLO earlier announced that it planned to freeze all bank accounts belonging to Nen Kham and his associates, suspecting that donations had been swindled for their own benefit.
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has also begun proceedings to indict the scandal-hit monk for fraud involving donated money.
