Breaking into a temple, taking 3 donation boxes, smashing them and 'stealing' all the money
(Baonghean.vn) - Security camera footage at the temple recorded a young man wearing a mask, jeans, and a purple shirt climbing the wall into the temple and carrying a donation box.
On the morning of September 2, a representative of Dong Yen pagoda, Quynh Thuan commune, Quynh Luu district, said that a young man had just entered the pagoda and stolen something.donation box.
According to security camera footage at the temple recorded at 2:00 a.m. on September 2, a young man wearing a mask, jeans, and a purple shirt climbed the wall from the front of the Tam Bao and then entered the main entrance area of the Tam Bao. Because the Tam Bao gate was closed, the subject went around to the back of the ancestral house.
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Donation box found in front of Quan Am cave. Photo: Huu Tinh |
After seeing no one, the young man could not pry open the donation box, so he carried all 3 donation boxes to the front of Quan Am cave, smashed them, and took all the money inside. He left behind a bundle of 500 VND bills. At 3:40 a.m. the same day, when Venerable Thich Nguyen Quang woke up, he discovered that the 3 donation boxes in the ancestral house were missing, so he reported it to the Quynh Thuan Commune Police Department.
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| The thief carried the donation box from the Patriarch's house to smash it and take the money. Photo: Huu Tinh |
It is known that the temple has not opened the donation box for nearly 2 months. Recently, the temple organized a Vu Lan Ceremony - Gratitude Ceremony for people to come to the temple to worship, the temple did not accept money so people put money in the donation box.
This is the second time Dong Yen pagoda has been "visited" by thieves and many properties have been stolen. Last time, the thief broke the safe and took all the donation money from Tam Bao house.
The case is currently being investigated and clarified by the authorities.
