A monk, apparently ‘seeking nirvana’, has beheaded himself with a residence made guillotine in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lamphu. Police are actually investigating to find out if any of the monk’s followers should be charged for serving to the abbot together with his untidy path to enlightenment.
The monk, Dhammakorn Wangphrecha, reportedly spent 5 years planning his demise and believed it will help him reach nirvana, his followers say. They say he determined to die last Thursday, on his 68th birthday. The guillotine was made with a metre-long blade and a pair of buckets of cement held up by rope. It was positioned close to a statue of a beheaded deity. Followers say the monk reduce the ropes himself.
While Dependable say evidence say it’s a case of suicide, followers who moved Dhammakorn’s body might face costs for concealing a corpse. The guillotine had also been disassembled when police arrived, and followers might face different expenses for tampering with proof. If police uncover that followers helped the monk construct the guillotine, they could presumably be charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Police found the monk’s body in a picket coffin on the Wat Phuhingong Monastery. They say around 300 people attended the monk’s funeral simply hours after his demise. Police did not say what number of followers are now suspects in the investigation.
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha spoke after the demise of the monk, warning Thais not to put too much faith in superstition, and psychiatrists visited the monastery to do psychological well being checks..