Dhammakaya monk gets bail
A monk from the Dhammakaya Temple, Phra Palat Seksan Attathamo, who allegedly led crowds gathering at the Klong Luang Central Market, was released on a bail of Bt200,000 on Wednesday afternoon.
The Thanyaburi provincial court granted the bail on condition that he would refrain from making statements of incitement or grant interviews, and will not enter the controlled area declared under a junta order.
Police had objected to his release on bail.
The monk earlier heard the three charges against him: violating the junta order, incitement under the Criminal Code’s Article 116, and violation of the Computer Crime Act, as he surrendered to police at the Klong Luang precinct yesterday morning.
Many temple supporters gathered outside the precinct to pray in the presence of 200 crowd-control police. Four disciples carried signs calling for cancellation of the junta order that declared the temple a controlled area to apprehend former abbot Phra Dhammachayo for questioning at the Region 1 Border Patrol Police Bureau.
