BANGKOK: Thai police ordered thousands of worshippers to leave the country’s biggest Buddhist temple so it can intensify its search for its former abbot, who is wanted on money-laundering charges.
Thailand’s ruling junta used a special 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.
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