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The Department of Special Investigation is set to ask the Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) to support its efforts to arrest embattled abbot Phra Dhammajayo.
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Latest updateJustice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya says investigators are expected to wrap up the case against Phra Dhammajayo in two or three weeks but he won't say whether they will be able to arrest him.

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Ja, der er penge i tro og religion. Bare der er "får" nok som donerer.

Hvad kan den katolske kirke ikke fremvise af værdier?

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der er penge i skidtet i særdeleshed når man snyder på vægten

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det er lidt vildt at de skal bruge 2200 politifolk for at fange 1 sølle forbryder((11((

THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) used a drone and a police chopper to survey routes in and around the Pathum Thani-based Dhammakaya Temple yesterday as part of a plan to arrest its controversial abbot Phra Dhammachayo, a DSI source said.

More than 2,200 police and |military personnel will be used to guard the temple's 15 entrances |during an arrest operation, the source said.

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hvad siger i til denne udmelding

'Superhuman' claim dogs abbot


http://www.bangko...bbot[/url]


hvem giver munken ordre om hvad han skal, ikke skal?? døm selv


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munken stiller nye krav, det er mig en gåde hvorfor myndighederne finder sig i det


Dhammajayo sets three conditions for surrender



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hans tid er snart forbi det er de sidste krampetrækninger vi ser fra munkens side

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luksus templet med penge bygning og hemmelig tunnel

klik på foto for stor foto

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Hemmelige tunneller ses ofte hos de såkaldt "hellige". Man spekulerer meget over hvad de blev brugt/ bliver brugt til.

Her i DK var der også hemmelig tunnel mellem nonne-og munkekloster ved Viborg. Det siges endda at den gik under søen.
-Det er nok den måde "celledeling" foregik på ((7))

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munken har måske også set stort på reglerne vedrørene jord

Wat Phra Dhammakaya's land under probe

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is looking into land ownerships of the controversial Wat Phra Dhammakaya after an initial probe pointed to possible encroachment on reserved forests.

A source at the department said on Tuesday that it received complaints against the temple's ownerships of land plots in all regions. Preliminary investigation also found some parts of them overlapped with reserved forests.

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så kører munke cirkuset igen ((11((




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Tension at scandal-hit Dhammakaya(21 Photos)

Police surrounded Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani this morning, preparing to raid the Buddhist sect's temple and arrest embattled abbot Phra Dhammajayo, who failed to report in to acknowledge charges against him before today's deadline.

Meanwhile, thousands of Dhammakaya followers sit and pray near the entrance of the temple. - Post Photographers

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PATHUM THANI -- The Department of Special Investigation called off the search of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Khlong Luang district for Phra Dhammajayo on Thursday afternoon, in the face of passive opposition from a horde of the wanted abbot's followers. The search had also been hampered by rain.

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det går jo godt den uskyldige munk slap fri igen







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Despoterne kæmper om magten.

Der er mange penge at hente derude:SAR

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der er ingen penge at hente i det tempel, over munken vi kun modtage ikke betale husk han har været i himmelen og set lyset

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Monks, novices and followers of scandal-hit Wat Phra Dhammakaya chant and block the main road inside the temple grounds, as police ask them to clear the area on Thursday morning.
Thousands of supporters of this Buddhist sect gathered at the movement's space-age temple headquarters as police made an attempt to arrest Phra Dhammachayo, the 72-year-old abbot, on fraud charges.
The 72-year-old abbot allegedly accepted embezzled funds worth 1.2 billion baht (US$33 million) from the owner of a cooperative bank who was jailed.

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Soldiers to join abbot arrest effort Followers petition King to quash all charges

Soldiers will join an operation to arrest embattled Phra Dhammajayo, who has just been relieved of duty as the abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said yesterday.

As officials formulated an ambitious plan to apprehend the 72-year-old monk, his followers yesterday petitioned His Majesty the King to quash all charges brought against the former abbot.

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Bangkok Post headline on Monday: Temple warns violence will flare in row


Pathum Thani: A Wat Phra Dhammakaya spokesman has warned the situation will "get out of control" if authorities go ahead with a plan to raid the temple and arrest its former abbot who is wanted on money laundering and forest encroachment charges.

Ong-art Thamnitha, who represents Dhammakaya's disciples, said authorities have treated the temple and its former abbot unfairly, and there are signs violence will break out between state authorities and the institution of Buddhism.

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Police remove concrete blocking road outside Wat Dhammakaya

PATHUM THANI -- Police have removed the broken concrete piles which had been blocking a road along a canal on one side of Wat Phra Dhammakaya on Tuesday morning.

Pol Lt Col Sethakorn Chaiveerawong, deputy chief of Klong Luang district police, said a Toyota Soluna car was seen parked near the broken piles shortly after midnight. On seeing the police patrol, a group of men beside the obstruction had piled into the car and quickly driven into the temple through gate No.5.

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Temple spokesman urges police to withdraw complaint

ONGART THAMNITA, the spokesman for followers of Dhammakaya Temple, yesterday urged the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to withdraw its police complaint against him and other temple adherents rather than “impose fear upon people”.

In the announcement via Facebook Live, Ongart said he had not intended to make public statements that incited disaffection in a manner likely to cause a disturbance, as specified by Section 116. He added that he was ready to prove his innocence in the judicial process.

Ongart said his statement on Sunday, which precipitated the DSI complaint, simply conveyed facts to the media and stated principles to enable authorities to understand how temple supporters thought and felt so they could resolve the problem peacefully.

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DSI vs Dhammachayo: A summary so far

Tensions are rising between the DSI (Department of Special Investigation) and Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple. They may enter the temple to search for Phra Dhammachayo any day now.

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Bangkok Post headline on Friday: Cops ratchet up pressure on ex-abbot

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flere nyheder fra rottereden UPS undskyld det hellige tempel



Dhammakaya disciples' spokesman has 'fled the country'
The spokesman of Wat Phra Dhammakaya's disciples has fled the country, evading a police arrest warrant for inciting unrest, according an informed source at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) source.
http://www.bangko...he-country




Dhammajayo faces four more arrest
Former abbot Phra Dhammajayo is set to face four more arrest warrants on charges in relation to Wat Phra Dhammakaya's alleged encroachment on forest land.
http://www.bangko...t-warrants




Nominee used in land 'scam'
Wat Phra Dhammakaya used a nominee to occupy some of the land plots where its three meditation facilities are located on Phangnga's Yao Noi Island, which encroached on forest land, police say.





Dhammakaya acting abbot reports to police
PATHUM THANI -- Phra Withespawanajarn, the acting abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, reported to Khlong Luang police on Monday morning, responding to a summons to hear 13 charges filed against him, including providing shelter for Phra Dhammajayo, the former abbot.
http://www.bangko...-to-police




Police, DSI try to enter Dhammakaya temple
Latest updatevideoA large number of police and officials from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) surrounded Wat Phra Dhammakaya Tuesday morning to try to enter the temple.
http://www.bangko...aya-temple



Police tell people to move their vehicles from the immediate vicinity of Wat Phra Dhammakaya as they remove blockages from Gates 4 and 5 of the vast temple in the morning of Dec 27, 2016.
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langt om længe blev generalen sku træt af deres julelege og gav direkte ordre til at gå ind i rottereden UPS undskyld det hellige tempel






Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took effective control of Wat Phra Dhammakaya with an overnight Section 44 decree - opening the temple to immediate assault.

Just before dawn, soldiers and police surrounded the temple compound in Pathum Thani province, in apparent preparation for a raid.

The three-page Section 44 order (text of key section below) signed by Gen Prayut authorises virtually any police or military action against Wat Phra Dhammakaya.

It said that Article 44 of the interim constitution was being used to impose control on the monastery because it had resisted law enforcement efforts.

"This calls for some measures to be put in place in order to control the area temporarily for effective law enforcement and peace in the country", said the document published in the Royal Gazette.

The founder of the Dhammakaya religious sect, who calls himself Phra Dhammajayo, is believed to be hiding inside the temple. He is wanted on several outstanding warrants for charges including embezzlement, money laundering and land encroachment by the temple and its other businesses in the provinces.

The order followed a meeting on Wednesday of Provincial Police Region 1 and the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) held a closed-door meeting to plan a fresh raid on the temple as early as early Thursday, a police source says.

The raid may also involve military troops although the army initially said they had absolutely no idea such an operation was taking place.
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Police enter temple, search for Phra Dhammajayo begins

PATHUM THANI - Police and Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials entered the sprawling grounds of Wat Dhammakaya on Thursday afternoon and began a search forthe temple's wanted founder, Phra Dhammajayo.

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Raid opener fails to net elusive monk Police, troops plan new temple blitz Friday

Officials left Wat Phra Dhammakaya empty-handed Thursday as they failed to find its former abbot Phra Dhammajayo after a 14-hour operation facilitated by special powers under Section 44 of the interim constitution.

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Politi i Thailand jagter abbed - har nu opdaget hemmelig tunnel under tempel

Politibetjente, der er i gang med at undersøge et af Thailands største templer i jagten på en tidligere abbed, har opdaget en tunnel under templet for sekten Dhammakaya.

Det er andendagen, og tusinder af politifolk og soldater er involveret i jagten på den 72-årige munk Phra Dhammachayo, som menes at skjule sig på det 4 kvadratkilometer store tempel, Wat Dhammakaya, uden for Bangkok, skriver channelnewsasia.

Den tidligere abbed grundlagde en version af Buddistordenen i 1970 og har ledet den lige siden. Han beskyldes for hvidvaskning af penge og at have modtaget 230 millioner danske kroner fra den nu fængslede ejer af en kooperativ bank.

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Monk: "Dhammajayo fled on Day 1"

PATHUM THANI -- A senior monk who supervised Wat Phra Dhammakaya’s computer centre for 30 years, says the wanted former abbot fled in a car on Thursday when authorities launched their latest raid on the temple.

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A 58-year-old woman was injured when she fell and was stepped on during a tussle between Dhammakaya Temple monks and police Monday morning.

At 8:20 am, monks were seen aggressively advancing toward lines of police and officials from the Department of Special Investigation blocking a small road that leads to Gate 5 and 6.

The monks apparently tried to pressure the officials to leave the road and stop the blockage so that more laymen followers of the temple could join those inside the compound in a prolonged battle to prevent officials from continuing the search for elusive former abbot Phra Dhammachayo.

The woman was caught in the middle of the pushing by both sides. She fell and was later rescued by rescuers of a foundation. She was rushed to a hospital.

At the press time, the woman could still give her account to officials at the hospital.

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Police clash with Dhammakaya monksMonks and police faced off on Monday at Wat Phra Dhammakaya monastery where security forces are trying to arrest an influential former abbot on money-laundering charges.

Police said they would try to avoid violence while threatening arrest for followers of the sprawling temple who have defied orders to leave and instead flocked there, hampering the search for 72-year-old Phra Dhammachayo.

With tension rising four days after the military government ordered emergency powers to be used in the search, monks and police pushed and shoved at one of the temple gates.

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PATHUM THANI - Hundreds of monks prevented soldiers from entering Wat Phra Dhammakaya to renew the search for Phra Dhammajayo on Thursday morning. About 6.45am around 50 soldiers removed barricades barricades at a gate that leads to the Boon Rak Sa building and the temple's main hall. They were confronted by monks and laymen, and a brief pushing and shoving followed.

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Myanmar Buddhists decry Dhammakaya crackdown

YANGON: Around 100 Buddhist monks and nationalists in Myanmar staged a protest against Thailand on Friday,
denouncing the government for its actions against Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
http://www.bangko...dhammakaya




Monks banned from gathering at temple

PATHUM THANI: Monks from across the country have been banned from gathering at Wat Phra Dhammakaya,
as they will face legal action for obstructing officers searching for Phra Dhammajayo.
http://www.bangko...monks-told




US professor recounts uneasy meeting with Dhammakaya heads

Stephen B Young, an American professor who discovered the Ban Chiang archaeological site in Udon Thani province's Nong Han district over 50 years ago, was in the news again this week when he revealed to Thai authorities his impression of Wat Phra Dhammakaya when he met its leaders in 2011.
http://www.bangko...kaya-heads





Govt 'sorry' over man's suicide over S44

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the government have expressed their condolences over the death of an elderly man who hanged himself on Saturday night after climbing a telephone signal tower to demand the lifting of the Section 44 order to control Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
http://www.bangko...e-over-s44



Wife, son in the dark over suicide motive
The wife and son of the man who hanged himself on a telephone signal tower near Wat Phra Dhammakaya on Saturday night are still in the dark over the motive for his suicide, according to media reports.
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Dhammajayo stripped of monastic rank


Phra Dhammajayo: Stripped of monastic titles, but he remains a monk.

His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has stripped the monastic rank of Phra Dhammajayo, the 'Royal Gazette' said on Sunday.

The symbolic step of removing the monastic rank came after he refused to appear to answer legal charges, following a two-week siege by thousands of military and police personnel.

The Royal Gazette article said His Majesty had agreed to the government's request to demote Phra Dhammajayo because he had fled from the charges against him.

"Thus he does not deserve to hold his monastic rank any longer," the document said.

The move has not defrocked the founder of the Dhammakaya sect. Only the Supreme Sangha Council can take that step. But he no longer has or can use the title Phra Thepyan Mahamuni Sri Dhamma Kosol.

The Dhammakaya temple declined to comment on the measure.

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PATHUM THANI -- A shot was fired from the compound of Wat Phra Dhammakaya on Thursday, striking a patrolling army vehicle, but causing no injuries.

Hundreds of officials were ordered to clear gate 4 of the temple to allow police to investigate the shooting, but they were met by a wave of monks and followers in a brief skirmish that left one official slightly injured.

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Empty-handed
DSI officials declared an end to a 23-day temple siege after they didn't find what they were looking for when they entered Wat Phra Dhammakaya to arrest the former abbot.

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selv i lille Danmark har de afdelinger:o

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The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has sequestered about 134 million baht in bank accounts of four former senior monks implicated in the temple fund embezzlement scandal.



According to Amlo website, the seized cash deposits and bank accounts included: seven bank accounts worth 132 million baht of Phra Phrommasith, former abbot of Wat Saket; one bank account worth 162,151.76 baht of Phra Phrommethi, former assistant abbot of Wat Sam Phraya; one bank account worth 1,745,953.37 baht of Phra Phromdilok, former abbot of Wat Sam Phraya and one bank account worth 27,876.08 baht of Phra Vichitthammaporn, former assistant abbot of Wat Saket.



It also ordered the seizure of the 100th year building under the name of Dhammakaya Foundation and Thammasith Foundation located on the compound of Wat Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province after it was found that the money used to build the building was embezzled from Credit Union Klongchan Cooperatives by Supachai Srisupa-aksorn, former chairman of the cooperatives who was a faithful follower of Phra Dhammachayo, former abbot of the temple.



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