DSI is seeking help from Sangha Council
Department of Special Investigation is seeking help from Sangha Council in its latest bid in dealing with controversial Dhamakaya Temple that has defied the order for the authorities to search the temple.
DSI has attempted several times to enter the temple’s compound in Pathum Thani province to locate the temple’s former abbot Phra Dhammachayo who is under arrest warrants for money laundering and possessing stolen items.
A source did not reveal details of the help DSI is seeking from the Sangha Council, saying the discussion is underway and the results may be known in a few days.
The source said that the the temple’s core leaders have refused to talk to DSI, so the agency thought that it may be better for the temple’s monks to discuss with their own superior; the Sangha Council.
Some members of the Council previously had been believed to have close connection with the controversial temple, the source said, at that time, the country has no the Supreme Patriarch.
However the situation seems to change now that the new Supreme Patriarch is now in office.
Meanwhile National Office of Buddhim has urged the Buddhist monks nationwide not participate in the rally organised by Dhammakaya Temple.
The advise came as the temple has still defied the Article 44 that allows the authorities to search the temple's premises in locating former abbot of the temple; Phra Dhammachaoyo.
