Reporters from selected news services accompany police and soldiers as the search for Phra Dhammajayo resumes inside the grounds of Wat Phra Dhammajaya on Friday morning. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)PATHUM THANI - Police supported by soldiers on Friday resumed their search for Phra Dhammajayo in three areas inside the sprawling grounds of Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Department of Special Investigation chief Paisit Wongmuang announced that Wat Phra Dhammakaya had allowed a resumption of the search in zones A and B and the six-storey medical care building, Boon Raksa. Agreement was reached at talks mediated by Pathum Thani chief monk Phra Thep Rattanasuthee. The search for Phra Dhammajayo, the 72-year-old founder of the Dhammakaya sect wanted on money laundering, receiving stolen assets and forest encroachment charges, began on Feb 16.

Source: Bangkok Post March 10, 2017 06:56 UTC