A policeman who hit and killed a woman doctor with his Ducati motorcycle last Friday has entered the monkhood to make merit for his victim.
Pol L/Cpl Norawich Buadok, 21, was ordained at Pariwat Ratchasongkram temple in Yannawa district, Bangkok, on Monday afternoon.
He said he wanted to enter the monkhood to make merit for Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine.
The policeman hit and killed the woman on a pedestrian crossing while riding his big bike on Phaya Thai Road in Ratchathewi district on Friday. He has been charged on seven counts, including reckless driving causing death.
Pol L/Cpl Norawich's father, an officer at Pathumwan police station, also entered the monkhood at the same time.
Meanwhile, Dr Waraluck's father said his family would not criticise the policeman's decision to enter the monkhood, and he would thank him for making merit for his daughter.
"I don't want to comment on my faith in the Thai justice system at this time," he said.
