The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced the former Phra Buddha Isara to a suspended 18-month jail term for illegally detaining plainclothes police during a 2014 anti-government protest. Suwit Thongprasert, the 59-year old former abbot of Wat Or Noi in Nakhon Pathom province and political activist, had pleaded guilty last month. On Feb 11, 2014, the former monk's guards arrested and detained Pol Sub Lt Somkid Choeikamol and Pol Snr Sgt Maj Wachirapong Oonnualburapong. The two plainclothes policemen were assaulted and lost 60,900 baht worth of personal possessions, the court was told. Pol Sub Lt Somkid suffered broken ribs and a ruptured liver, while Pol Snr Sgt Maj Wachirapong suffered bruising and broken teeth.

Source: Bangkok Post October 29, 2018 22:41 UTC