Jet-setting monk 'can't be found'
Facebook updates show that Luang Pu Nenkham, who recently got a lot of negative publicity, had participated in praying rites in France on Tuesday.
However, Wirod Chaiyapan-nana, director of the Si Sa Ket Buddhism Office, said yesterday the monk could not be contacted. “We will have to summon him.”
Questions about Luang Pu Nenkham emerged last week after a video clip showing him on a private jet went viral on the Net.
Later, the public also found the image of a man resembling this monk lying next to a woman.
According to Wirod, the Phu Khao Kaeo Temple in Ubon Ratchathani has denied that this monk had ordained there. The temple was cited in the monk’s website, www.luangpunen-kham.com.
Meanwhile, a monk at the well-known Wat Pa Ban Tad, which embraces the Kammathan practice, said Luang Pu Nenkham was not a follower as he claims. Luang Pu Nenkham also claims to be the abbot of Wat Pa Khantit-tham.
