Bangkok (AFP) - Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest move by the junta to restore the tarnished image of the men in orange robes.
The kingdom has around 300,000 monks, who are held in high regard as keepers of the national religion.
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