DSI set to summon 10 Dhammakaya protest leaders
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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has enough evidence to summon 10 protesters, including monks and laymen, and has identified 20 individuals who helped with crowd mobilisation at Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang Market, DSI deputy chief Songsak Raksaksakul said Tuesday.
After the DSI issued a warning, calling on people not to participate in the protest or they would face legal action, the National Office of Buddhism placed signs in front of the temple discouraging monks, laymen and novices from protesting and obstructing officers as it was punishable by law. More signs, also in Thai, Chinese and English, were later placed at all gates of the temple.
The temple area has been declared a controlled area under a junta order issued under the absolute authority of the interim charter’s Article 44, in order to make way for the hunt for former abbot Phra Dhammachayo.
