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<p dir="ltr">A Buddhist monk from a well-known temple has filed defamation charges against a newspaper columnist for mocking him on social media over his hair-style.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to <a href="http://manager.co.th/HotShare/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9580000087890">ASTV Manager</a>, Venerable Aphichat Promjan, the chief lecturer monk of Benjamabophit Temple, a Bangkok temple under royal patronage, on Tuesday, 4 August 2015, filed a complaint at Dusit Police Station concerning offences under the 2007 Computer Crime Act against Panthip Teeraneat, a columnist of Matichon Newspaper. &nbsp;</p>