Buddhist monks pray and hold placards behind a wire barricade at Dhammakaya temple, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police filed two new arrest warrants against an influential former abbot of Thailand's biggest Buddhist temple on Thursday after a week-long standoff there between security forces and monks.
Phra Dhammachayo, the former abbot of Dhammakaya Temple, is accused by police of money laundering.
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