(Bangkok Post file photo)Luang Pu Buddha Isara has fended off an accusation he had committed lese majeste when he used his blood in consecrating a set of amulets bearing the initials of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The activist monk came to meet crime suppression police at their head office in Bangkok on Tuesday to give statements. On Monday, a Buddhist network called on the police to launch a probe into the activist monk. The activist monk insisted he before he consecrated the lot, he had submitted a letter seeking the royal permission and asked Keokhwan Vajarodaya, a former Lord Chamberlain, verbally. What it did is presenting lies to His Majesty the King, a lese majeste offence and a breach of the political parties laws, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 11, 2017 11:15 UTC