Foreign Correspondent on ABC and ABC iview S34E16 profile bad monks – In Thailand, Buddhism and the monks that lead the religion are deeply revered and hold a special place in Thai society. But a series of scandals involving corruption, adultery, drug use and even murder have undermined the religion’s moral authority.
This week on Foreign Correspondent the ABC’s South-East Asia Correspondent Lauren Day reports on the ever-growing number of scandals engulfing the religion. She talks to the Thai police who are going undercover to hunt down badly behaving monks and she heads out on patrol with the Monk Police whose aim is to catch wayward monks and drag them into line.
Foreign Correspondent on ABC and ABC iview – Thursday 8 August at 8.00pm.
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Foreign Correspondent on ABC and ABC iview S34E16 profile bad monks
