Thailand’s Criminal Court approved an arrest warrant for Wiraphon Sukphon, a former Buddhist monk, on three charges including a sex offence with minor.
The defrocked monk, formerly known as Luang Pu Nen Kham, was accused of deceiving the public by misuing donations and having sex with an underage girl about a decade ago.
Investigators said they would work to bring Wiraphon, who is believed to be in the US, back to Thailand to be tried.
The Anti-Money Laundering Office has also asked to freeze all ill-gotten assets of the ex- monk.
Earler this week officials discovered that the former monk has just THB3 million in his 41 bank accounts, where there used to be about THB300 million.
Wiraphon has 41 bank accounts and more than 70 luxury cars in his possession, MCOT online news reported.
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