PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked law enforcement officials to be more careful in handling the arrest of controversial persons, while issuing an apology for Suvit Thongprasert or the former Phra Buddha Isara who was disrobed and arrested on charges of illegal association and lese majeste last Thursday.
Ex-monk Isara ‘confesses to use of royal initials’
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018
AN EX-MONK, widely known as Phra Buddha Isara, has confessed to using the initials of the late HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej and HM Queen Sirikit for making amulets, without permission, but insists that he had no malicious intent.
Phra Buddha Isara denies lese majeste in connection to amulets
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017
The high-profile abbot Phra Buddha Isara came forward on Tuesday to deny allegations that he had committed lese majeste in the making of Buddha amulets.
Phra Buddha Isara, the abbot of Or Noi Templ
Defamation countersuit filed against Dhammakaya followers
TUESDAY, JUNE 07, 2016
FORMER SENATOR Paiboon Nititawan and Phra Buddha Isara have launched a defamation lawsuit against eight followers of the Dhammakaya Temple in a perceived act of retaliation.
Dhammakaya Temple followers yesterday lodged a complaint against Phra Buddha Isara on suspicion he might have planted troublemakers inside the temple’s compound.