They're a bunch of stupid, scam-artist little bastards. Lots of them are involved in things like animal and human trafficking, too. I had to live in SE Asia for over a year, and the monks just live a parasitic existence, demanding shit from everyone and blasting entire villages with their ranting all night through fucking loudspeakers. God, I hate them. I've actually just annoyed myself thinking about how little I used to sleep, haha.
Everyone is on meth over there. All the truck drivers use it to stay awake. Likely why they always end up crashing and killing everyone.