[actioliGalm]

Just to comment on what 'Rikker' wrote.

If a monk has broken the law and is caught by the police, then he will be immediately de-robed and handed over for prosecution.

In fact, it's the same with ....say the army. The police can not arrest a soldier while he is wearing his army outfit.

Even though Thailand holds monks with deepest respect, the media will take any opportunity to portray monks in a bad-light, especially in regards to selling drugs etc.... Most 'Dos and Don'ts' about Thailand state that you shouldn't say anything bad about the monarchy and religion. Well, the one about the monarchy i won't argue with, but you will find that it is pretty common in Thailand for Thais to complain about 'some' monks.

One of my best friends in Suphanburi is a policeman. His name even made the the local Thai Rath newspaper a few months back when he arrested a couple of monks for dealing in methamphetamine. I have tried to talk about 'good moral' temples in Thailand but he has very little in the way of 'good'.....to say about any temple. He reckons every temple in Thailand has corrupt monks who break monkhood regulations by sleeping with woman etc.... I wanted to argue with him but him being a policeman, he seems to know a great deal about what goes on behind temple gates.

I spoke to him about the famous meditation monastery in Suphanburi i did a meditation retreat at last year. He said that even there, there was naughty activity.

From what i have heard, the police get a lot of reports about 'naughty' monks, but what the public forgets is that it isn't the police's job to investigate monks who are breaking the precepts. It is the temple's.