FUGITIVE POLITICIANS
Rakkiat Rakkhitadhammo, a former public health minister who is now a Buddhist monk, has called on convicted former politicians fleeing punishment to learn a lesson from his life by turning themselves in to the authorities.
Phra Rakkiat did not name any politicians in particular. He said no one in the world could escape the law of karma, or the consequences of their actions. Sooner or later it would happen to them.
"Even though these people can now escape legal punishment and are able to stay abroad freely, they can't flee the hell in their minds," the monk said yesterday at a National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) forum to launch its graft prevention network.
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- Writer: Anucha Charoenpo
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