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Former Abbot, Aide Get Hundreds‑Year Sentences for Hospice Fraud

BANGKOK: Former abbot Alongkot Phoolmuk and his aide have been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for embezzling funds donated to the Aids hospice at Wat Phrabat Namphu in Lop Buri, and ordered to return over B300 million to the temple.

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BANGKOK: Former abbot Alongkot Phoolmuk and his aide have been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for embezzling funds donated to the Aids hospice at Wat Phrabat Namphu in Lop Buri, and ordered to return over B300 million to the temple.

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