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British-Thai wakeboarder charged after doing stunts on flooded highway
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 13/09/2022
» Professional wakeskater and wakeboarder Daniel "Tao" Grant was charged with traffic violations after playing a wakeboard on a flooded section of a national highway in Pathum Thani last week.
Gunman driven by repressed anger, says father
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 24/06/2021
» PATHUM THANI: The father of the gunman who killed a convenience-store employee and a Covid-19 patient said his son had pent-up anger dated back to his army service.
'We Walk' case put off by prosecutors
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 27/02/2018
» PATHUM THANI: Prosecutors on Monday postponed their decision to Friday on whether to indict eight civil rights activists from the so-called "People Go Network" on charges related to the recent civil rights march from Pathum Thani to Khon Kaen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Phra Dhammajayo given until midnight
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 30/11/2016
» Police gave Phra Dhammajayo until midnight Wednesday to turn himself in and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged the abbot to come forward but there was no sign early Thursday the sect founder intended to surrender.