A man posing as a Buddhist monk (standing right) collecting money from the public at Cecil Street hawker centre, although a real Buddhist monk is not supposed to beg for money. Tuesday, October 8 2013 / ZAINUDIN AHAD/ Reporter: Chin Eng
GEORGE TOWN: Bogus foreign Buddhist monks are apparently living it up off the public, especially at places like hawker centres and markets in Malaysia and Singapore.
Kwong Wah Yit Poh quoted yesterday a news report from Singapore that said that the republic and Malaysia were two popular destinations for such “monks”, though the conmen preferred Singapore as they could earn up to SGD2,000 (RM5,120) a day.
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