A former monk who was expelled from monkhood has returned to southern Thailand to have fun his birthday. Phra Yantra Amaro Bhikku, who’s now generally known as Winai La-Ongsuwan, became disgraced from monkhood after alleged sexual misconduct. Although he has often returned to Thailand after his felony defamation case in opposition to him in 2014, Covid-19 has kept him away for the previous 2 years. As he simply now returned to Nakhon Si Thammarat to have fun his seventieth birthday, he was seen in a Facebook video paying respect to Buddha relics at Wat Phra Mahathat Voramahaviharn in the province’s Pak Phanang district.
The video reveals the monk giving lotus flower to his followers earlier than getting right into a van and leaving. Smooth sailing was a priest for a number of years before he entered the monkhood in 1974. As he was very charismatic, he soon attracted a really massive following. But 20 years later, he was accused of defaming the Supreme Patriarch. And, he was also hit with a criminal charge underneath the Sangha Act after a video surfaced of the monk having intercourse, which violates the principles of monkhood. Furthermore, his affair with a lady follower led to him fathering a daughter.
The Sangha Supreme Court found him responsible of conduct unbecoming of a monk and banished him from monkhood. Yantra allegedly obtained a pretend passport and fled to America, the place he was granted asylum. He now allegedly continues his work as a monk overseas.
The former mayor of Pak Phanang says the previous monk arrived on October 16, took part in spiritual activities in Kanchanaburi province, then travelled to Pak Phanang and stayed at his sister’s house. He left his hometown on October 19 and is ready to fly again to America on October 27. The Bangkok Post has reported that his hometown monks greeted him with a ‘wai’ when he arrived..