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Wat Dhammakaya buildings all legal, says lawyer
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 20/12/2016
» PATHUM THANI -- Wat Phra Dhammakaya has filed a counter-lawsuit with the Criminal Court's corruption cases division against the chairman of the Khlong Sam Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) for alleged dereliction of duty.
Police demand cooperation from abbot
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 19/12/2016
» Police on Sunday demanded cooperation from the abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya -- or anyone in charge of the temple -- to hand over former abbot Phra Dhammajayo to authorities within seven days.
Evidence points to monk still in hiding at temple
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 18/12/2016
» Security authorities have information indicating Phra Dhammajayo has been hiding in Wat Phra Dhammakaya even though he has not been seen in public, a source at the Justice Ministry says.
Temple's lawsuits mount, but DSI stumped on raid
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 17/12/2016
» Wat Phra Dhammakaya is facing 68 more lawsuits from police, bringing the number of legal cases against the embattled temple to 111.
Wat Dhammakaya lowers human shields
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 16/12/2016
» Monks and laymen started to leave Wat Phra Dhammakaya late Friday as authorities prepared to cut its electricity and water supplies but showed no signs of planning to enter the grounds to arrest its embattled former abbot Phra Dhammajayo.
DSI staffer injured by own drone at Wat Dhammakaya
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 16/12/2016
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) deployed small drones to spy on the compound of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province on Friday, and an operator was hit on the head catching one when it fell from the sky.
Police breach Wat Phra Dhammakaya - to check a well
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 15/12/2016
» As laymen and followers of wanted former abbot Phra Dhammajayo maintained their sit-in at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, authorities trying to raid the temple to catch him were only able to reach the temple's artesian well briefly on Thursday.
Chanting monks continue sit-in shield at Wat Dhammakaya
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 15/12/2016
» A prayer sit-in continued to block access to Wat Phra Dhammakaya, with 1,000 monks but fewer followers, as more police and soldiers arrived near the temple in Pathum Thani province on Thursday.
Destitute man blames Dhammajayo for his plight
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 13/12/2016
» PATHUM THANI - A former employee of Wat Phra Dhammakaya who claims to have been duped into donating millions of baht to the temple staged a one-man protest at one of its gates Monday, bearing a message that calls the fugitive sect leader a "cold-blooded hypocrite".
DSI says it's powerless to meet abbot's bail demand
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 04/12/2016
» A demand by wanted abbot Phra Dhammajayo that he be immediately granted bail when be surrenders to the authorities has been knocked back by the Department of Special Investigation as it does not have that authority.