Buddhist Monks from Dhammakaya temple walk past a building inside Wat Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province on March 9, 2017. A three-week standoff at Wat Dhammakaya between thousands of police and saffron-robed monks and their followers became one of the biggest challenges to government authority since a 2014 coup. A government spokesman said the situation at the temple, just north of Bangkok, had relaxed so the restriction was no longer necessary. Aides say they have not seen him for months and that he is too sick for questioning. They say the charges against him are politically motivated.

Source: Bangkok Post April 11, 2017 11:26 UTC