DSI chief Pol Col Phaisit Wongmuang and Pol Lt Gen Phaisith Sangkhahapong, commissioner of the Police Foreign Affairs Bureau, took Wiraphon from the airport at 11.30pm to the DSI head office. When he arrived at the airport at 10pm, Wiraphon was still wearing the orange saffron of Buddhist monks although the Sangha Council has defrocked him in absentia. Security was stepped up at the DSI head office as Wiraphon was detained there pending further legal action. Wirapon was taken from the airport in a motorcade of a Toyota Camry car and two Toyota Fortuner SUVs. The ex-monk is charged with loading false information onto computer networks; cheating the public; money laundering; raping a child no older than 15; molesting a child no older than 15; taking a child no older than 15 away from parents without decent reason.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 20, 2017 02:26 UTC