A source said Karun would stay in monkhood for nine days and would use the Bt1 million donated to his ordination rite to buy a van for the temple’s abbot.
Former ICT minister Anudith Nakornthap and a number of former Pheu Thai MPs, including Surachart Thienthong and Preechaphol Pongpanit, as well as former Chart Thai Pattana MP Chada Thaised, joined the ceremony.