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Thailand Calls for Dissolution of Buddhist Temple's Charitable Foundations (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2018)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 December 2018, citing Thailand's The Nation

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A Philippine Daily Inquirer report on Thailand's Department of Special Investigation seeking court dissolution of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya-linked Khun Yay Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong Foundation and confiscation of its assets, quoting DSI chief Pol Col Paisit Wongmuang.

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Reliability Tier
2
Tier 2: a major national outlet's report carrying a named, on-the-record figure, prosecutors were to ask courts to confiscate the Khun Yay Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong Foundation's Bt13-billion assets, attributed by name to DSI chief Pol Col Paisit Wongmuang and itself crediting Thailand's The Nation Multimedia Group. The exact wording was read from a Wayback Machine archived copy of the page's own text, the live page having returned an access-denied error.
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Publisher
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Publication Year
2018
URL
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1059347/thailand-calls-for-dissolution-of-buddhist-temples-charitable-foundations
Source Type
news
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Chandra, Deities

This source names Chandra directly: "Khun Yay Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong Foundation and confiscation of its assets, quoting DSI chief Pol Col Paisit Wongmuang."

Philippines, Countries

This source names Philippines directly: "A Philippine Daily Inquirer report on Thailand's Department of Special Investigation seeking court dissolution of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya-linked Khun Yay Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong..."

This source names Wat Phra Dhammakaya directly: "seeking court dissolution of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya-linked Khun Yay Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong Foundation and confiscation of its assets, quoting DSI chief Pol Col Paisit Wongmuang."

Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)

This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Articles, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Organizations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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