Thousands of supporters of a wealthy and controversial Thai Buddhist sect gathered at the movement?s space-age temple headquarters Thursday as police made an attempt to arrest the abbot on fraud charges, AFP reports.
The country's equivalent of the FBI has been trying for months to question Phra Dhammachayo, the 72-year-old abbot of the Dhammakaya temple, over allegations he accepted embezzled funds worth 1.2 billion baht ($33 million) from the owner of a cooperative bank who was jailed.