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Activists charged over Khlong Luang rallies
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 05/02/2021
» PATHUM THANI: Police on Friday temporarily freed 21 pro-democracy activists after formally charging them with defying a ban on public assembly on two occasions in Khlong Luang district last month.
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.
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.
Prayut hits back at criticism of rice scheme
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 19/11/2016
» Pathum Thani: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted the state subsidy to encourage farmers to store rice in barns is more than short-term handouts, arguing his government is not going to support the price of "every grain of rice".
Police hunt loan shark's gunmen
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 21/10/2015
» Two members of a loan sharking gang are being hunted after shots were fired at woman’s house in Pathum Thani, and arrest warrants are being sought for nine more of the gangsters.