Kiet Chan Thouch, 76, an adviser to Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong, has been accused of biting his fellow monks and nuns during a drunken rampage in Preah Sihanouk’s main pagoda during the weekend.
CAAI News Media
09/23/2009
Kiet Chan Thouch, abbot and adviser to Great Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong in Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia, was said to have gone on a violent drinking binge over the weekend, attacking 4 monks, 2 clergymen and a nun.
Kao Suon, 76, is a monk at the same temple, and he claims "He ordered me to come out of my room or he would shoot me and lock me in the room forever." Kao claims the drunken abbot bit him.
Kiet has a reputation for getting drunk and beating nuns and priests in the past, but because of his position, everyone is too afraid to file official complaints against him, out of fear of repercussions.
Related story : The Phnom Penh Post
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