On 22 May 2014, on his return from India to Thailand, he was informed that there had been a military coup d'état and he was ordered to leave the monkhood and report to the National Council for Peace and Order to be detained.
On May 22, 2014, after returning from India to Thailand, he learned about a military coup and was instructed to abandon his monastic life and present himself at the National Council for Peace and Order for arrest.