[Buddha-l] Buddha's Little Angels

[Chris]

An entertaining artcle on the front page of today's Bangkok Post reads:
HEADLINES: Novices' old rivalry over girl ends in bloody market brawl.
THE STORY: - Nakhon Ratchasima - 
Ten novices and three monks engaged in a machete-wielding brawl on Monday 
sparked by an old rivalry over a girl.
Police are preparing to issue arrest warrants in the case on charges of 
bodily assault and carrying weapons in public.
Pol Capt. Cheewin Kasikam, duty officer of Phimai District Police Station, 
said Wichai Khaophimai 17, a novice at Wat Baan Sanun in Tambon Tha Luang, 
went shopping on Monday in a district market.
While there he happened to meet Chamlong Ornsiri, 19, a novice at Wat Baan 
Taban in Tambon Rangka Yai.
The two were old rivals, having fallen in love with the same girl before 
they were ordained.
Novice Chamlong, on seeing his rival, charged at him and hit him in the 
face.
Novice Wichai went back to Wat Sanun, where he gathered together three monks 
and another nine novices.
They then armed themselves with four machetes and went to Wat Baan Taban in 
a pickup truck.
At Wat Baan Taban, they saw Novice Chamlong and Ekachai Jomputra, 17, 
another novice.
The group from Wat Sanun immediately attacked them.
Novice Ekachai was hit on the back with a machete and suffered a deep gash, 
Pol Capt. Cheewin said.
Novice Ekachai lodged a complaint with police, who yesterday decided to 
arrest his alleged assailants and charge them with bodily assault and 
carrying weapons in public.
(End of story!)
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Meanwhile, In Kanchanaburi Province, a Buddhist nun with thousands of 
followers and nominated for a United Nations award for public service, has 
been charged by Thai police for encroaching on public forest land in the 
development of her temple complex. She faces five years in prison - to 
perfect her vipassana skills.
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Time to weed out the Thai Sangha!
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