• Posted 06 Mar 2017 00:55
• Updated 06 Mar 2017 01:39

People walk past a portrait of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a department store in central Bangkok. (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files)

BANGKOK: The former Buddhist abbot at the heart of a standoff with authorities at Thailand’s biggest temple has been stripped of his monastic rank by the king, the military government said on Sunday.

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