WAtoday.com.au, 21 Jul 2009, Chalpat Sonti
He's the medical monk with a lifestyle that was anything but spartan - and it has been claimed Perth was a beneficiary of his largesse.
The Venerable Shi Ming Yi is his name, and the founder of a charitable Singaporean hospital is something of a celebrity in his homeland.
Awarded the country's public service medal for his charitable healthcare work, Ming Yi, 47, once abseiled down a 45-storey tower to help raise S$6.4 million ($5.46 million).
Ming Yi, also the abbott of the Foo Hai Ch'an monastery, is accused of loaning a friend S$50,000 ($42,700) from the coffers of the Ren Ci hospital.
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