snoop1130 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Deadline for Dhammakaya Abbot to Surrender Expires, Again By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter Thousands of Buddhists gather for a Wednesday prayer session at Wat Dhammakaya in the suburbs of northern metro Bangkok. BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha urged the leader of an influential Buddhist sect to surrender Wednesday, as the deadline for the abbot to surrender came to an end with no sign of him. Prayuth’s call for the surrender of Dhammakaya’s Abbot Dhammachayo comes six months after he was last seen in public, when another deadline for his surrender on other charges expired. His acolytes said at the time the 72-year-old abbot was confined to his sick bed in the temple headquarters and too ill to meet with police. On Wednesday they declined to confirm his whereabouts. Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2016/11/30/deadline-dhammakaya-abbot-surrender-expires/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-11-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 PM urges fugitive abbot Dhammachayo to surrender and face charges in court By The Nation PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha Wednesday called on Phra Dhammachayo, the fugitive abbot of Wat Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani, to surrender and fight his case in court. The abbot faces charges of money laundering and receiving funds embezzled from the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC). In response to a question about why the authorities could not just arrest the abbot, Prayut said the officers had to consider if such an operation would give rise to confrontation or injuries. Instead, he said, the public should give the officers time to formulate a plan and decide on the right timing, instead of pressuring them. “You should instead be pressuring the suspect to come out so others are not troubled or wounded. Come out to fight the legal battle, so it brings your problem to an end, rather than using the masses to fight back,” he said, adding that people, as citizens, should not block the authorities from doing their duty. -- © Copyright The Nation 2016-11-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 LOL. Damn, please wait, ran out of popcorn. On my way to 7-11! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 You need to stock up your popcorn. The abbot has again outsmarted the government by having mourning ceremonies. No one will ever have the guts to break up the ceremonies and face the wrath of public sentiment and LM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z42 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Farcical... They'd likely get more respect from most if they just came out and said we haven't got the want to bring this bent old fool in without A, pissing off a few plastic monks / followers, or B, making a complete dog's breakfast of the arrest with the spotlight firmly on them. What a clown show ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Star Wars meets Indiana Jones. Is that the abbot or the Roswell alien autopsy movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 'Deadline for Dhammakaya Abbot to Surrender Expires, Again' The writer of this article should be careful using irony. They may be called up by the military to be an example of how you should never question their authority or power. Respect the law! Hang on a minute - am I coming of as ironic as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 23 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said: Star Wars meets Indiana Jones. Is that the abbot or the Roswell alien autopsy movie? Amazing pictures. Maybe they could hook up with Disney and Sir Richard Branson annd do Spaceship trips to Nirvana and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 One minute your up the next your down. The wheel of life is a mystery my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Come on, guys...on the count of three..."This happens everywhere, not only in Thailand" and "Have some respect for the culture of your hosts..." ...and the like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveE13 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 You can see why the police government and army poo themselves over him. He has some number of followers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) How much more face can the authorities lose? Or is there some sort of deal? Either way, it's going to do a lot of damage. There's no way the junta can really resolve this and not upset a ton of people one way or the other. Edited November 30, 2016 by dhream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 12 minutes ago, DaveE13 said: You can see why the police government and army poo themselves over him. He has some number of followers 1 hour ago, DM07 said: Come on, guys...on the count of three..."This happens everywhere, not only in Thailand" and "Have some respect for the culture of your hosts..." ...and the like! I don't have too much time for the hosts, the hostesses on the other hand, heck I'd come out of my golden UFO for summa dem any old deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) His foot looks pretty nasty, no way that's fake. Is that surgery inside the compound? They must have BILLIONS stashed away with a fan club that size! The joint is bigger than Mecca. I used to enjoy my bingo nights down the mecca... Edited November 30, 2016 by dhream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) If only the army and the police showed the same determination as they did when they raided the farang Pattaya bridge players club in full combat gear and with automatic weapons. Brave heroes when they choose to be. Chicken little's when they choose not be. Little wonder these temples are perfect refuges for the hiso lowlife. Edited November 30, 2016 by Brer Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 3 hours ago, z42 said: Farcical... They'd likely get more respect from most if they just came out and said we haven't got the want to bring this bent old fool in without A, pissing off a few plastic monks / followers, or B, making a complete dog's breakfast of the arrest with the spotlight firmly on them. What a clown show ? It is really agonizing for them. No seriously. They are reluctant to move because they know that if they do, they risk things getting nasty, the world (mostly oblivious to this at present) will point to footage of police and army roughing up peaceful worshipers of their own kind, and at the worst possible moment in modern Thai history too. Even if it remains local news, the very high risk of it going pear shaped means massive face will be lost. Where face is likely to be lost, the job is just stalled, until the boss does something. Well, it is as high as it can go now, bar one. See the mess they're in? If he wont surrender willingly, there's not much they can do, really. Except, lose face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 38 minutes ago, DaveE13 said: You can see why the police government and army poo themselves over him. He has some number of followers id say "sheeple" not followers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 hour ago, dhream said: It is really agonizing for them. No seriously. They are reluctant to move because they know that if they do, they risk things getting nasty, the world (mostly oblivious to this at present) will point to footage of police and army roughing up peaceful worshipers of their own kind, and at the worst possible moment in modern Thai history too. Even if it remains local news, the very high risk of it going pear shaped means massive face will be lost. Where face is likely to be lost, the job is just stalled, until the boss does something. Well, it is as high as it can go now, bar one. See the mess they're in? If he wont surrender willingly, there's not much they can do, really. Except, lose face. I am inclined to politely disagree. If this monk is the demon he is alleged to be, why not draft clear charges against him, invite outside observers to ensure there is no kind of brutal or unnecessary force used in his arrest and then allow the said observers to witness and report on any subsequent legal action to both Thailand and the outside world? Obviously face is an important cultural issue, but what face do the authorities have left to lose the way the situation is now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Who will be sleeping best tonight, the Abbot in his untouchable position or the various authorities who know that in the morning they have to start the round of weak BS excuses and half arsed plans of action again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 They promised to play it by the book, and they did - so it was very frustrating when at midnight the spaceship failed to turn back into a pumpkin. Luckily this time they do have the correct book. If he doesn't come out on the count of three, they'll huff and they'll puff and they'll blow the house down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 "...Deadline for Dhammakaya Abbot to Surrender Expires, Again..." !!! This news comes as a surprise to no one. Apparently, according to his lackeys, "...the 72-year-old abbot...is still too ill to meet with police...". So, if DSI want to save some face (and avoid a bloody confrontation), next time they should just set a much longer deadline in the forlorn hope that the ailing aged abbot might expire first !!! Should DSI choose to storm his citadel (as suggested by some), one imagines they would literally become a "forlorn hope" (https://is.gd/ZNpEOS), and Prayut would be proved correct when he said "...the officers had to consider if such an operation would give rise to confrontation or injuries..." !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hickory Dickory Dock, The Mouse Ran Up The Clock, the clock struck twelve and still no Dhammachayo. New deadline please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Paul Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 This is showing the rest of the world that in fact religion rules Thailand no-one else and to upset it would be foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebyrd Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) Buddhism?! - looks more like an Egyptian Pharaoh's funeral - bizarre! Edited December 1, 2016 by freebyrd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 14 hours ago, Wilsonandson said: Star Wars meets Indiana Jones. Is that the abbot or the Roswell alien autopsy movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Now there's a surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Never mind the deadline expiring- looks like the Abbot is about to expire himself- that would be convenient. Keystone Cops- 'case closed because man dead' and everything quietly fades away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Prayut had no problem arresting two eight-year old girls for violating the Referendum Act, but he can't take action against Dhammakaya Abbot because it might disturb the public. Where are the moral ethics of this government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 OK...Midnight by next monday. And this time we really really mean it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Action, or in this case the lack of it, speaks louder than words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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