Dhammakaya temple followers blocked officials from entering temple to investigate a shooting incident

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Temple followers blocked officials from entering temple to investigate a shooting incident

 

 

BANGKOK: -- An attempt by Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials, police and military personnel to get into Wat Dhammakaya through Gate 4 Thursday afternoon failed after protesting monks and lay followers blocked the gate.

 

The officials used a cutting pliers to cut open a lock and tried to get through Gate 4 only to find themselves confronting about 200 Dhammakaya followers who blocked the gate and an adjoining bridge across a klong.

 

Military personnel tried in vain to talk the protesters to leave the gate so that the officials could get in while the monks chanted prayers.

 

The confrontation was brief after which the government officials decided to retreat to ponder their next move.

 

Later in the afternoon, the DSI told the media that the officials tried to enter the temple ground through Gate 44 in order to investigate shooting incident in the morning when a shot, suspected to come from an air gun, struck the front windshield of a military vehicle.

 

The shooting incident was considered to be a threat to the officials performing their duties around the temple, said the DSI, adding that it was suspected that the shot might have come from someone among the Dhammakaya followers gathering on a bridge next to Gate 4.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/temple-followers-blocked-officials-entering-temple-investigate-shooting-incident/

 

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[ezzra]

And the anarchy continue, those ' monks are occupying government land,

and yet a re resisting the process of law and order, unless a decisive

act will be taken government, this charade will continue...

[colinneil]

The monks chanted prayers  !!Wow !! they got time for that.

[whatawonderfulday]

Roll a tank over them. The little shits will run then

[AGareth2]

46 minutes ago, whatawonderfulday said:

Roll a tank over them. The little shits will run then

yes

all the common soldiers

brainwashed from childhood

to respect monks

 

[Rhys]

Just freeze all known Money making accounts of the temple....

[AGareth2]

looking at the video

and the look on the young soldiers faces

not sure they want to be doing this

[tukkytuktuk]

3 minutes ago, AGareth2 said:

looking at the video

and the look on the young soldiers faces

not sure they want to be doing this

 

[whatawonderfulday]

18 minutes ago, AGareth2 said:

looking at the video

and the look on the young soldiers faces

not sure they want to be doing this

Just normal young Thai men,  never want to do anything

[Somtamnication]

" Military personnel tried in vain to talk the protesters to leave the gate so that the officials could get in while the monks chanted prayers ". Ever heard of tear gas? What about POLICING and RIOT control? What a joke. 

 

In the meantime, the barriers grow larger, deeper and more dangerous for all concerned.

[worgeordie]

Water cannon,tear gas and bamboo sticks would would quickly

clear a path in,what's happening now is a joke,it seems Monks

control the country,not the Government or law enforcement.

regards worgeordie

[fruitman]

Shooting at armyvehicles?? That can open a whole new chapter to this soapstory.

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, tukkytuktuk said:

 

Any young inexperienced soldiers, anywhere, have concerns, reservations and fears about engagement of any type, par for the course.

Been there done that too.

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, Rhys said:

Just freeze all known Money making accounts of the temple....

Wouldn't work. remember Suthep when his accounts were freeze. Many will be willing to donate. The junta government is fast running out of ideas and getting desperate. 3 more days to the 5 days date-line and not an inch of the temple taken. 

[The Deerhunter]

2 hours ago, Rhys said:

Just freeze all known Money making accounts of the temple....

Freeze???? .....................SEIZE!!!!!

[Eric Loh]

Just now, The Deerhunter said:

Freeze???? .....................SEIZE!!!!!

An la junta typical modus operandi. SEIZE!!! Use 44!!!!!

[klauskunkel]

Look, it's an Oakley Sunglasses Stare-off

 

 

green man is wearing a Oakley Sport Force Recon model vs. orange man wearing a Oakley Smart Urban i-Monk

[mtls2005]

Seems like the Junta could slip in a few forest rangers in orange (with guns) who can fire off a few rounds, maybe even winging some poor policeman, then this would give them a reason to "crack down"? This has worked before.

 

 

 

 

[Beats56]

I have lost all respect for monks. Too bad because I wanted think they were honest.

[varun]

5 minutes ago, Beats56 said:

I have lost all respect for monks. Too bad because I wanted think they were honest.

The trend is truly disturbing.

A proportion of Thai monks have proven themselves to be violent, money-hungry, greedy & horny pedophiles.

Truly a slap in the face of Buddhism.

 

The Dhammakaya temple is a bastion of corruption and greed.

 

I think after this fiasco is over, it should either be torn down brick by brick,

or converted to a library / school / university, for the benefit of the poor/unprivileged.

 

Probably won't happen in a million years, but one can hope.

[smedly]

21 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Seems like the Junta could slip in a few forest rangers in orange (with guns) who can fire off a few rounds, maybe even winging some poor policeman, then this would give them a reason to "crack down"? This has worked before.

 

 

 

 

there will be no crackdown, I think most people should have realised by now that these bald people wearing orange cannot be physically touched in any way, the police can't even detain them until they are defrocked.

 

Until something changes this whole thing is a waste of time - they are literally untouchable

 

As for freezing bank accounts - how exactly are they going to find them, you think these establishments keep their huge sums of money in a regular savings account at Bangkok Bank - I don't think so

[ThaiBob]

The lack of awareness here is dumbfounding. The Thai news media like the Bpost and Nation repeat government propaganda without doing their jobs. 

Most people don't even know the money laundering charge is a junta distortion and the credit union was repayed and dropped all charges but the other temples, universities, etc. that received money have not repayed, not been charged and no promises to repay the credit union. This country is going broke and looking at the temples wealth. 

The Perplexing Case of Wat Dhammakaya 

http://www.newmandala.org/perplexing-case-wat-dhammakaya/

[johng]

2 minutes ago, ThaiBob said:

The lack of awareness here is dumbfounding

Its not so hard to understand  considering

3 minutes ago, ThaiBob said:

The Thai news media like the Bpost and Nation repeat government propaganda without doing their jobs. 

and if you only read those  news outlets and disregard all others then everything is hunky dory    happiness returned for all,elections...coming sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon

[ThaiBob]

13 minutes ago, johng said:

Its not so hard to understand  considering

and if you only read those  news outlets and disregard all others then everything is hunky dory    happiness returned for all,elections...coming sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon

In fairness to the Thai media, they must comply with the government's wishes for face the consequences, that's what happens under military rule. At least we have the Internet (for now anyway) for researching and fact finding. 

[ross163103]

Funny how this current regime could take over a whole country of 67 million citizens but can't get into a temple.........hmmmm

 

[sanukjim]

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

And the anarchy continue, those ' monks are occupying government land,

and yet a re resisting the process of law and order, unless a decisive

act will be taken government, this charade will continue...

The BIB with "NO BXLLS" ,

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Temple followers blocked officials from entering temple to investigate a shooting incident

If Thailand allowed such autonomy to Muslim Malay-Thais in the South, that would be the end of the insurgency.

But they're not Buddhists, so a different standard of enforcement applies.

[Raybangkok]

2 hours ago, varun said:

The trend is truly disturbing.

A proportion of Thai monks have proven themselves to be violent, money-hungry, greedy & horny pedophiles.

Truly a slap in the face of Buddhism.

 

The Dhammakaya temple is a bastion of corruption and greed.

 

I think after this fiasco is over, it should either be torn down brick by brick,

or converted to a library / school / university, for the benefit of the poor/unprivileged.

 

Probably won't happen in a million years, but one can hope.

It already has a new school and university on site

[gandalf12]

The security forces should go in at say 2am. Go in fast and go in hard. Make no announcement about it before it happens. It will be over very quickly.

[MorristheRunt]

Thai Buddhism at it's finest.

 

I suggest the government send in the Thai Special Forces and not conscripts. The former are serious dudes , have a good reputation and would get the job done.