An Associated Press wire report, republished by Fox News, on a December 2016 Thai police operation at Wat Phra Dhammakaya to remove an unauthorized fence around the temple. The report states the temple's own supporters believe the temple is being persecuted because of its perceived closeness to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was removed from power in a 2006 military coup, the temple side's own political explanation for the case against its former abbot.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: a wire-service report from the Associated Press, republished by Fox News, carrying the temple supporters' own on-the-record political explanation for the case, contemporaneous with the December 2016 stand-off between police and the temple. Citation
PublisherAssociated Press (via Fox News)
URLhttps://www.foxnews.com/world/thai-police-put-pressure-on-controversial-buddhist-temple
Source Typenews
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This source names Wat Phra Dhammakaya directly: "December 2016 Thai police operation at Wat Phra Dhammakaya to remove an unauthorized fence around the temple."
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This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Organizations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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