Acting top monk ‘within rights to not testify on illegal car’

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Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn

Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn

JUSTICE MINISTER General Paiboon Koomchaya said yesterday that if acting Supreme Patriarch and Wat Paknam abbot Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn (Somdet Chuang) chose not to testify about the illegal Mercedes Benz that was once in his name, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) would go ahead with the investigation anyway.

He said the monk was within his right to not testify, though forgoing the right to provide his side of the story meant that the officials could not be accused of being unfair. He also pointed out that the DSI had already been respectful by seeking to speak to him first.

Paiboon also said the Wat Paknam team of lawyers should not be making a fuss, as that might further damage the monk’s case. The minister made these comments because the lawyers asked DSI officials to submit a list of questions for the temple’s consideration first.

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