Maha Sarakham Understanding has been adjusted. Novice smoker The monks punished him by making him chew and swallow. The novice understood that the warning was because he had actually done something wrong. The monk's side Explained to chew and then spit out. He insists he didn't hit him. In the case of publishing a clip of a novice secretly smoking and the monk forced the novice to chew and eat cigarettes It makes society question whether it is too much or not. While netizens said This matter must be separated from punishment. with doing more than is reasonable This morning reporter Visited a temple in Mueang District, Maha Sarakham Province, and found that there was a summer novice ordination project. The ordination period is from 20 April and farewell on 6 May 2024, a total of 17 days. There are a total of 90 monks. The monk revealed that the events of that day Went to meet 3 novices, ages 11-17, who were secretly smoking cigarettes in the bathroom. When he was told, he didn't believe it. So he called th e three novices to take cigarettes and chew them to see what they were like and then spit them out. The novices were not harmed. As for the news about what I slapped in the face, it is not true. I did not do that at all. The presentation is greatly exaggerated. I myself would like these novices not to go astray since childhood. As for the novice who was punished, he revealed that on that day he did not expect the matter to turn out like this, and felt sorry for him. Phra Achan Wittayakon was a kind person and had never hit or let a novice who smoked swallow it. I just want the novices to be aware of the bad taste of cigarettes. I also apologize to the teacher. Phrakhru Sarakitprayut, the abbot, was aware of the matter. Indicates that the temple is the host of this activity. For these children who come to be ordained as novices come from different There have been encounters with vices and addictions. The temple therefore provides training and polishing. As for the novice who took the video clip of the incide nt, he was not a novice at the temple. But he came to ask to live at the temple. To be a novice mentor in this round of ordination of novices. Source: Thai News Agency