Wat Dhammakaya questions DSI’s charge against its financial official

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Wat Dhammakaya questions DSI’s charge against its financial official

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Wat Dhammakaya on Wednesday questioned the decision of the Department of Special Investigation to charge its financial official, Phra Maha Boonchai Charuthatto, of defying summons for the monk to be questioned.

 

Phra Sanitwong Wutthiwaso, director for organizational communications of the temple, called a press conference to clarify Phra Maha Boonchai’s failure to respond to the summons and to raise suspicion about the DSI’s action.

 

DSI issued summons for the monk to show up on July 8 to be questioned as a witness but the latter twice asked for postponement. The DSI then asked the monk again to show up on August 2 but the latter asked to defer the appointment to August 18 claiming that he could not prepare all the relevant documents in time. The DSI rejected and lodged the charge for defying summons with Thung Song Hong police.

 

Wat Dhammakaya has been cooperative with the DSI in its investigation, citing the case of Phra Thawansak who already reported to the DSI and the acting abbot who agreed to report to the DSI tomorrow.

 

The temple challenged the DSI’s claim that it had to wrap up the case for submission to the prosecutor within August 11, pointing out that the DSI has made appointments with several other witnesses to testify later this month.

 

Phra Sanitwong claimed that a monk could not be summonsed in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code and it was the legitimate right of a monk to respond or to not respond to a summons.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/wat-dhammakaya-questions-dsis-charge-financial-official/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-08-04

[colinneil]

Here  we go again, more bu...it from Wat Dhammakaya.

These clowns think they are above the law.

Time for the authorities to shown them nobody is above the law.

[z42]

Errr what? A summons is not optional, how can 1 pick and choose if they wish to answer them or not. Pathetic conduct from all parties here considering when a mass of soldiers rock up at a person wanted to attend attitude adjustment, but stay out of sight when monks are wanted for questioning.

[ezzra]

 

If the Pm and all his soldiers, police and horsemen didn't go in to enforce the law when they had the chance and show them who's the boss, nothing will be done now, but a game of cat and mouse, in the end the whole thing will be watered down to a fizzle from a thunder, and it will be quietly be put to rest without any arrests, loss of monies or properties, Why? because this is Thailand and this is how the climb down a too tall tree......

[NongKhaiKid]

13 minutes ago, z42 said:

Errr what? A summons is not optional, how can 1 pick and choose if they wish to answer them or not. Pathetic conduct from all parties here considering when a mass of soldiers rock up at a person wanted to attend attitude adjustment, but stay out of sight when monks are wanted for questioning.

Plus a PM who has made it clear he won't get involved in anything like this despite micro managing almost everything else and is happy to leave it to the  '  relevant agencies  '.

Now give him a situation involving students and ... !

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Here  we go again, more bu...it from Wat Dhammakaya.

These clowns think they are above the law.

Time for the authorities to shown them nobody is above the law.

 

How so? .........when the authorities are just as bad!

[tomwct]

Just freeze all the bank accounts and then you will see people showing up at DSI! No money No Play! IT's a lot of

embezzled funds and money laundering!

[SOTIRIOS]

.....why do they allow this to drag on.....

 

...to confuse the clear issue.....and then drop the whole thing...???

[silent]

6 hours ago, colinneil said:

Here  we go again, more bu...it from Wat Dhammakaya.

These clowns think they are above the law.

Time for the authorities to shown them nobody is above the law.

 

Yes doesn't it always make for a more efficient investigation here when there's a limitation put on the completion date? 

I'm just not sure who the clowns that think they're above the law are anymore

[Redline]

He's only a month late

[seajae]

 "it was the legitimate right of a monk to respond or to not respond to a summons." Well there you go, monks are above the law and do not have to respond to a summons according to "monks". Since when does a monk have the right to tell the DSI what they can and cant do in regard to charges, its past time they just went in there and arrested all these mongrel monks and locked them all up. Where else do you see corrupt monks telling the police/govt what they can and cant do to them, just shows how pathetic the law is in Thailand when certain people are involved, if you have the right name, money, a policemans child/relative or are a monk you are given special privileges to save face, everyone else is simply charged,arrested and jailed.