{"id":22378,"date":"2017-02-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=22378"},"modified":"2017-02-16T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T08:00:00","slug":"thai-police-begin-raid-on-buddhist-sect-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/thai-police-begin-raid-on-buddhist-sect-temple.html","title":{"rendered":"Thai police begin raid on Buddhist sect\u00a0temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Thai police begin raid on Buddhist sect&nbsp;temple<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Thai police begin raid on Buddhist sect&nbsp;temple:-<\/strong> Hundreds of police in Thailand are carrying out a raid on the headquarters temple of a controversial Buddhist temple sect to detain its chief, a monk facing criminal charges including accepting $40 million in embezzled money.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The action Thursday follows several previous attempts to seize Phra Dhammajayo, head of the Dhammakaya sect, thwarted when crowds of monks and followers blocked the way, risking a violent confrontation. No violence was reported initially Thursday afternoon as police moved in through one of the temple&#39;s gates.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">One of his followers, the head of a credit union, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 16 years in prison. In turn, Phra Dhammajayo was charged with money-laundering and receiving stolen property. The sect says he didn&#39;t know the money was tainted.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2017\/02\/16\/thai-police-begin-raid-on-buddhist-sect-temple.html<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/thai-police-begin-raid-on-buddhist-sect-temple.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai police begin raid on Buddhist sect&nbsp;temple Thai police begin raid on Buddhist sect&nbsp;temple:- Hundreds of police in Thailand are carrying out a raid on the headquarters temple of a controversial Buddhist temple sect to detain its chief, a monk facing criminal charges including accepting $40 million in embezzled money. 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