Monks close to abbot testify to DSI probe team
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TWO MONKS close to Wat Dhammakaya abbot Phra Dhammachayo yesterday testified to the Department of Special Investigations (DSI) about money donations they received from Supachai Supa-aksorn, former president of Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative, who was a
Phra Khru Palat Vijahn Thirangkuro and Phra Montri Sudapaso at 1.30pm met with Pol Lt- Colonel Pakorn Sucheewakul, who heads a DSI team probing the Wat Dhammakaya transactions. Phra Montri, who reportedly received a cheque for Bt100 million, told reporters prior to the police meeting that he wasn’t close to Supachai, who donated Bt5 million from 2009-2010 for novices’ training materials. He insisted that he was testifying to the DSI as a witness not as a suspect. Phra Khru Palat Vijahn, who reportedly received Bt119 million for the construction of a youth centre in Lop Buri’s Khok Samrong district, didn’t make any comment to the reporters.
