NBTC suspends Dhammakaya TV’s license
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The broadcasting committee of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) voted Wednesday to suspend the Dhammakaya broadcast temporarily as the TV licensee, NBTC commissioner Thawatchai Jittrapanun said.
The broadcasting committee held an urgent meeting at the request of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), which alleged that the TV violated a broadcasting law and a junta's announcement by inciting lay followers of the controversial abbot of the temple to join force to prevent is arrest.
The DSI told the committee that it found that the TV station was persuading Dhammakaya followers to gather in the temple for making merits but the DSI believed that the presence was aimed at preventing the authorities from raiding the temple.
