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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.
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.