Home›Sources›Police Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)SourcesPolice Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)David Sim, IBTimes UK, 16 February 2017Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Police Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/ibtimes-uk-2017-dhammakaya-raid.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Police Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017). Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/ibtimes-uk-2017-dhammakaya-raidCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-police-raid-wat-dhammakaya-buddhist-temp, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Police Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/ibtimes-uk-2017-dhammakaya-raid}, note = {Accessed August 31, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAn IBTimes UK report by David Sim on the February 2017 Thai police raid on Wat Phra Dhammakaya searching for its fugitive former abbot Phra Dhammachayo, naming the money laundering charge against him.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedDavid SimPublisherWell-attestedIBTimes UKPublication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://www.ibtimes.co.uk/police-raid-wat-dhammakaya-buddhist-temple-search-monk-wanted-money-laundering-1606888Source TypeWell-attestednewsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: a mainstream British online news outlet's contemporaneous report during the height of the Thai police search, naming the specific charge (accepting 32 million pounds sterling, about 40 million US dollars, in embezzled money) against the temple's then-abbot Phra Dhammachayo.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithWat Phra Dhammakaya, Organizations Well-attested This source names Wat Phra Dhammakaya directly: "the February 2017 Thai police raid on Wat Phra Dhammakaya searching for its fugitive former abbot Phra Dhammachayo, naming the money laundering charge against him."Source Police Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)David Simtier 2Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOrganizations, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested19ArticlesFounded in 1970: Thailand's Largest TempleOrganizationsWat Phra DhammakayaSourcesPolice Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)Holds2ArticlesFounded in 1970: Thailand's Largest TempleSourcesPolice Raid Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple to Search for Monk Wanted for Money Laundering (IBTimes UK, 2017)General References2ArticlesFounded in 1970: Thailand's Largest TempleOrganizationsWat Phra DhammakayaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year