Thai police find only medical kit in search for fugitive monk


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Feb 2017

Thai army personnel stand outside Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand February 16, 2017.REUTERS/Jorge Silva

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police hunting a fugitive Buddhist monk discovered medical equipment in the temple rooms where they had expected to find him and will keep searching, an officer said on Friday.

The military government used an emergency law on Thursday to let police explore the scandal-hit Dhammakaya Temple after months of failing to get it to hand over Phra Dhammachayo in a politicised money-laundering case.

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