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A major sex and extortion scandal has rocked Thailand as a 35-year-old woman, Wilawan Aimsawat, also known as “Miss Golf,” was arrested for blackmailing Buddhist monks using sexually explicit content.

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout ...

A Thai woman has been accused of enticing multiple Buddhist monks into sexual relationships, then blackmailing them to cover up their intimacy. At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the ...

Authorities added that the victim's mother has also been arrested for aiding and abetting the monk.

In a TV interview, the woman at the heart of the scandal said she had developed a "splurging attitude" as her monk lovers lavished her with shopping trips worth up to $90,000 a day. Motorcycle taxi ...

A sex scandal has hit Thailand's Buddhist clergy after a woman allegedly had sexual relationships with several monks and then blackmailed them to keep the liaisons quiet. The scandal has "rocked" ...