Paiboon said the DSI was still probing the case but clarity would come this month as officials only had the task of deciding on the charges and lawsuit procedure left to finish.

Previously, DSI had said it would proceed with an investigation of money laundering against Supachai along with the recipients of 878 cashier’s cheques without any apparent debts with the co-operative. Among them were Wat Phra Dhammakaya, which had received some Bt2 billion in donations and the money was transferred to bank accounts of the abbot and other monks at the temple.