Who’d a thunk? A money laundering Monk!
It’s not clear from someone not more familiar with what’s going on whether this was actually money laundering or simply refusal to obey “a security measure dubbed ‘the dictator’s law’ by critics.”
This “money laundering” by Monks in Thailand has been in the news for the last few months; I’ve seen the headlines and read up on it a little. It looks likely like a legitimate complaint with these Monks. They are the last ones you would normally suspect of something like this.