Dhammakaya monks wind up protest groups
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Dhammakaya monks and novices removed plastic sheets and other items from a protest site in the Klong Luang Central Market in Pathum Thani province on Saturday, as they prepared to move back into Dhammakaya Temple.
Their move follows a request for cooperation by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI). The agency had asked the monks to wind up all nearby "prayer" groups in the controlled area as per the junta order.
On Friday, the temple gave consent for a DSI-led search operation of the temple compound, particularly the 135-room Boon Raksa building, where former abbot Phra Dhammachayo was thought to be hiding, but officers failed to locate the fugitive monk.
