Thursday 30th October 2008

PAD success as Temple Statue is changed following protest at Banglamung Temple.

Yesterday we reported on a PAD demonstration at the Banglamung Temple over a new Buddhist Statue Base which featured a sculpture of the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The base was intended to celebrate the role of influential government figures and the PAD demonstrators were angry that the former Prime Minister, who is now in exile in UK, was featured. They demanded that he be removed from the Base within 7 days or further action would be taken. We can now report that on Thursday Morning he was removed from the Base to the delight of the local PAD supporters who thanked the Temple and Architect for their prompt action.