Supporters of Somdet Chuang,frontrunner for the post of supreme patriarch, say tax evasion claims are politically drivenA 90-year-broken-down monk is under investigation for tax evasion in Thailand and will be summoned by police after he refused to acknowledge their questions about his classic Mercedes-Benz.
The 1953-model car — in cream and worth more than $250000 — is at the centre of a politically divisive battle over the future leadership of Thai Buddhism.
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Source: theguardian.com