Anger over Buddha porn
Thailand will take action against a United States-based pornography website for abusing images and the identity of the Lord Buddha.
"It's an act of sacrilege," Culture Ministry monitoring centre chief Ladda Tangsupachai said yesterday.The site operates out of Chicago and employs the name and images of the Lord Buddha in its content. Ladda said the centre asked the Information and Communications Technology Ministry to block the site. The site and its activities have been reported to Culture Minister Khunying Khaisri Sri-aroon and ministry permanent secretary Weera Rojpojanarat. The Foreign Affairs Ministry will approach the United States Embassy in Bangkok. The issue came to light after a monk who helps the monitoring centre lodged a complaint about the site. Ladda said Buddhists across the world should condemn the site.
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