Stand-off remains at Dhammakaya temple today as PM calls for cooperation to avoid violence

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Stand-off remains at Dhammakaya temple today as PM calls for cooperation to avoid violence

 

 

BANGKOK: -- As the 9-day stand-off over the search of Dhammakaya temple between over 3,000 strong force of police, soldiers and local authorities, and thousands of monks and followers remains, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday urged supporters of the temple to understand, cooperate, and stop putting pressure on authorities in order to avoid possible violence and clashes that could lead to injuries and loss of lives. 

 

The prime minister said that the stand-off could be solved easily if only the former abbot, Phra Dhmmachayo, and others accused by authorities come out and prove that they are innocent.

 

He said it was just a waste of time, energy, and money if they still keep on resisting and go hiding from the police.

 

He also reiterated that the government will not revoke Section 44 of the interim charter that has been imposed against Wat Dhammakaya until Phra Dhammachayo, the former abbot, is brought to justice.

 

More than 3,000 DSI officials, police, soldiers and local officials have encircled Wat Dhammakaya over a week in an attempt to hunt for the temple’s former abbot who is wanted on several charges, including money-laundering, embezzlement, and receiving ill-gotten assets.

 

Meanwhile Pol Maj Woranan Srilam, deputy spokesman of the Department of Special Investigation, said the officers had recently arrested six monks and 22 Buddhist devotees for questioning, but already released all of them.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/stand-off-remains-dhammakaya-temple-today-pm-calls-cooperation-avoid-violence/

 

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[AGareth2]

9 days and counting

[WhizBang]

Yawn.  The circus continues.  This is starting to get really BORING now.

[al007]

This is one fight i would recommend the PM to avoid, the Thais are so loyal to the King but even more so the monks

[elgordo38]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday urged supporters of the temple to understand, cooperate, and stop putting pressure on authorities in order to avoid possible violence and clashes that could lead to injuries and loss of lives. 

Assimilation with a please. I have seen this movie so many times where the general shouts "Charge" and then disappears to the rear. Wonder if that is where the term rear end came from.??

[TKDfella]

Nah...bet they're all frightened that the thing will take off while they're still inside 'searching' or that Gort will appear and fry them all.

[stronzza]

The bigger picture isn't about justice but about the control of the temple, confiscating its gold, and the crushing of its buddhist followers....

 

The PM is muslim...over the last decade the amount of mosques springing up throughout tland is alarming.  They are being supported financially by the government whom is being supported by muslim money from outside the country.

 

That Wat is about 10 times the size of the Vatican, but the surrounding land is all owned and controlled by muslims...the trumped up charges are the distraction.   The government has done this before to other temples. 

 

All this mis-direction...4000 military soldiers to get one monk?  Really?   Money laundering?  Please...the news is all controlled by the government...

 

The muslims have the south...and they want all of thailand...the country is being converted so slowly, but no one notices.

 

The monks know that if the Phra is taken, he will be defrocked, and held indefinitely to get his day in court...and of course that will never happen and he will eventually die...his health is shit and the PM knows this.