Acting abbot charged with harbouring Dhammachayo

Police are expected to serve a search warrant for Phra Dhammachayo in the temple because the authorities have already spent a lot of time trying to negotiate his surrender, said Pol Maj-General Worapong Thongpaiboon, acting commander of the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Division, said. 
“Previously, police had given many assurances to the temple, including a promise for the abbot’s release on bail [as it was within police investigators’ authority], but they still wouldn’t contact us for Phra Dhammachayo’s surrender. They only set more conditions for bargaining,” acting Special Branch Bureau 4 chief Pol Maj-General Chayapol Chatchaidech said.
He added the police were not unduly worried and would perform their duties as required by law.
Both Worapong and Chayapol went to the Klong Luang police |station in Pathum Thani at 10am yesterday to jointly file the complaint against the acting abbot – identified as Phra Ratchapawanajarn or Phra Thattachivo – under Article 189 and Article 157 of the Criminal Code.