Why does Reverend Ming Yi still wearing his monk robe if he is found guilty?
The court case is still on going. Anyway, it is up to the Buddhist community in Singapore to decide if he can still be a monk. Think they have their own leaders in the community to decide. Not the Court. One thing I’m not clear is I cannot find any reports that said that he had used the money from Ren Ci, except that he allowed the $50K loan by his assistant, which is the only thing the prosecutor can charge him for. If that is the case, all the things that he spent on was his own money, be it from salary or offerings from being a monk for his monastry. He has 2 sources of ‘income’. As to if a monk can receive so much salary, spend like any other CEO. That has been the same questions people were asking about many other big religious organisation like pastors receiving $500,000 salary and live like a prince. In any case, most of the CEO or head of big charity organisation are pretty rich and live an upper class life. Even if you put in a team of MPs they still draw huge salary.
