SINGAPORE (ANN): A century-old Buddhist temple in Race Course Road on Friday (Nov 15) denied allegations that its abbot had been having sex with multiple men on its premises.
The 102-year-old Leong San See temple has lodged a police report against a Facebook user who on Thursday posted photos and descriptions allegedly of the Venerable Tuan Boon engaging in sex acts with men.
The Facebook user, whose page uses the temple's name in Chinese, said that he was a temple devotee and that he wanted to expose the truth to protect the religion.visited the temple on Friday afternoon, Ven Tuan Boon was not present, and a caretaker, who did not wish to be named, said that the abbot was recuperating from a stroke."Everything on that Facebook page is false rumours. The profile is not operated by the temple. We have no idea who is behind it," she said in Mandarin.
"Where the conduct in question is between two consenting adults in a private place, the position generally is that prosecution will not be in the public interest," police said on Sunday.The Straits Times visited the temple on Nov 7, an employee said the abbot was very ill and would not speak to the media.
Ven Tuan Boon told Chinese-language daily Lianhe Wanbao that day:"I am a person who has had a stroke, why are you coming to ask me these questions?"Singapore Buddhist Federation president, Venerable Kwang Phing, declined to comment when reporters approached him at Zu Lin Temple last Saturday. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
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