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Scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple helps stage Myanmar event
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2018
» MANDALAY: Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Myanmar's second largest city on Sunday for an event partly organised by the scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.
DSI executes search warrant at Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Online Reporters, Published on 16/06/2016
» PATHUM THANI -- Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials have arrived at Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Khlong Luang district with a search warrant in a bid to arrest Phra Dhammajayo, the temple's abbot, on charges of money-laundering and receiving stolen property, media reports said.
Finally, Dhammakaya's political alliances made clear
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/02/2015
» I really admire the bluntness of Dr Weng Tojirakarn.
US professor recounts uneasy meeting with Dhammakaya heads
News, Published on 26/02/2017
» Stephen B Young, an American professor who discovered the Ban Chiang archaeological site in Udon Thani province's Nong Han district over 50 years ago, was in the news again this week when he revealed to Thai authorities his impression of Wat Phra Dhammakaya when he met its leaders in 2011.
Dhammakaya branch faces probe over illegal wood
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/06/2016
» Authorities have seized more than 1,000 sheets of processed wood from a branch of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Lampang on the suspicion that they were acquired illegally.
Embezzlement-temple scandal ensnares property titan
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/05/2017
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said Thursday it has sufficient evidence to press charges against property tycoon Anant Asavabhokin for money laundering in connection with the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) embezzlement case.
Scholars urge Buddhism body to defrock ex-abbot
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 07/03/2017
» Buddhist scholars are calling on the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to initiate a process to have Phra Dhammajayo defrocked after the fugitive monk was stripped of his monastic title.
Police endure in prolonged search for monk
News, Published on 06/03/2017
» The operation to search for Phra Dhammajayo at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, which has lasted 18 days, is piling up tensions on the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) which is now confronting fierce opposition from supporters of the elusive monk.
'Difficult to defrock' Phra Dhammajayo
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/03/2017
» The director of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) will today ask the Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) to consider whether former Wat Phra Dhammakaya abbot, Phra Dhammajayo, breached the monastic disciplinary code of conduct and should be defrocked.
Nominee used in land 'scam'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/12/2016
» Wat Phra Dhammakaya used a nominee to occupy some of the land plots where its three meditation facilities are located on Phangnga's Yao Noi Island, which encroached on forest land, police say.