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Key Dhammakaya monk acknowledges charge
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 22/03/2017
» PATHUM THANI - Phra Dattajivo, former acting abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, reported to prosecutors on Wednesday to hear a charge of defying an order of the National Council for Peace and Order.
Search for fugitive monk switches to border
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 13/03/2017
» Immigration officials are keeping an eye out for Wat Phra Dhammakaya's former abbot Phra Dhammajayo whose whereabouts remain unknown after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) failed to find him in the temple complex during a 23-day siege.
Monk faces defrocking as he reports to police
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 08/03/2017
» PATHUM THANI - A monk at Wat Phra Dhammakaya has faced the possibility of being defrocked after he reported to police on Wednesday.
6 local leaders shelved by Pathum Thani governor
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 22/02/2017
» PATHUM THANI -- Four senior-most administrators, along with a kamnan and a village chief, of areas around Wat Phra Dhammakaya have been transferred to inactive posts at the order of the provincial governor.
Monks break through temple barricades
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 20/02/2017
» Thousands of monks and followers broke through barricades to enter Wat Phra Dhammakaya Sunday, as temple devotees launched a campaign on social media to mobilise hundreds of thousands of supporters nationwide to pressure officials into ending the temple search.
Dhammakaya's human shield just before deadline
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 19/02/2017
» PATHUM THANI - Thousands of followers broke through official barricades to enter Wat Phra Dhammakaya and returned with monks to form a human shield, just before a deadline for them to leave the temple.
DSI orders non-residents to leave Dhammakaya
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 19/02/2017
» PATHUM THANI - The Department of Special Investigation has ordered monks and people who are not residents of Wat Phra Dhammakaya to leave the temple or face legal action despite the temple asking the government to end its search.
Search for ex-abbot hits dead end
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 19/02/2017
» The search for the elusive former abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya has shifted to the medical equipment found on the premises of the locked-down temple to find clues to the state of his health.
'Iron lung' may offer clues about Phra Dhammajayo
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 18/02/2017
» Authorities are examining medical equipment found at Wat Phra Dhammakaya in hopes of learning more about the condition of the embattled former abbot Phra Dhammajayo, who continues to elude arrest.
Dhammakaya acting abbot reports to police
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 26/12/2016
» PATHUM THANI -- Phra Withespawanajarn, the acting abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, reported to Khlong Luang police on Monday morning, responding to a summons to hear 13 charges filed against him, including providing shelter for Phra Dhammajayo, the former abbot.