Chao Khun Arj
Chao Khun Arj is a high-ranking monk from Wat Tri Thotsathep Worawihan, a royal temple in Bangkok, who became embroiled in a scandal known as the Golf affair. He is accused of having a relationship with a woman named Golf, who allegedly claimed he fathered one of her children and requested substantial child support. Following these allegations, he disrobed and fled to Laos, marking a significant event in a wider controversy involving several monks and leading to a crisis within the Buddhist community in Thailand.
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The monk, named Chao Khun Arj, was alleged to have disappeared from his temple and, without explanation, disrobed at a different temple in the north-eastern province of Nong Khai.
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