Thai soldiers stand guard at the entrance to the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government is trying to get a new abbot appointed to head the country's biggest Buddhist temple, whose former leader is wanted for money laundering, an official said on Thursday.
Police pulled back from a three-week siege of the Dhammakaya temple this month after failing to find Phra Dhammachayo in a search that was frustrated by monks and devotees in one of the biggest challenges to Thailand's junta since a 2014 coup.
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