Donglin Temple in Dongshan Township, Yilan County, was involved in a shocking case of emptying out temple property. Abbot Zhang Qingyu and his son, a monk, were implicated in misappropriating donations from believers, purchasing gold and virtual currencies, laundering and hiding them. Yesterday, the court ruled that Zhang Qingyu and his son were detained and prohibited from seeing the temple. As the shady story unfolds, the wife of the old lady Dong of the century-old "Jincheng Fish Ball" shop on Dihua Street in Taipei is suspected of being set up during her lifetime. The blood and tears of nearly 300 million yuan in family property being transferred to the temple are also exposed.
I have more than 300,000 left in my account and no insurance for surgery expenses.
The current third generation person in charge of the fish ball shop named Cai complained bitterly that his mother went to Donglin Temple to practice Buddhism in 2010. She had a pious heart to worship the Buddha, but she unexpectedly fell into a money trap. In just four years, under the guidance of the temple’s words, the old man gradually remitted nearly 300 million yuan in life savings. The originally strong bank deposit ended up with only more than 300,000 yuan, and even the life-saving medical and surgical expenses in his later years were almost unsustainable.
The person was under intensive care, but the temple actually discharged him privately
What makes the family even more distressed is that in August 2014, Cai's mother was admitted to the intensive care unit due to severe kidney disease. The family alleged that the temple authorities actually asked the hospital not to issue a critical illness notice, and even took the opportunity to take the frail old man out of the hospital. After she was discharged, they quickly terminated the contract and donated all the time deposits of more than 70 million yuan to the temple authorities.
Quickly resolve more than 70 million yuan in fixed deposit donations to the temple
Cai Nan alleged that in addition to his mother's fixed deposit being plundered, the temple officials also induced Cai's mother to spend more than 12 million yuan to establish an "immortality throne." After her mother died of illness, her family and the police went to Donglin Temple to retrieve the seal and passbook, but the temple officials refused and tried their best to hide the money flow.
He also lured and spent more than 10 million yuan to set up the throne of immortality.
The family members criticized her mother for being strict in running the family, and if the huge donation was really voluntary, she would never have been able to hide it from her loved ones, and there must be something hidden.
Claiming that believers donated money voluntarily, but the money went into private accounts
The family finally accused the temple of fraud. When the abbot Zhang Qingyu appeared in court in August, he arrived in a Porsche luxury car with a high profile. He strongly insisted that the money was voluntarily donated to the ashram by believers. He also criticized Cai Nan as just an adopted son and had already obtained a huge fortune. His attitude was very tough.
Unexpectedly, an in-depth investigation revealed that the donations were not all used for Buddhism construction, but went to private accounts to purchase land and luxury cars. Zhang Qingyu and his son were ordered to be detained by the court yesterday on suspicion of embezzlement of donations from believers, laundering and hiding money using cryptocurrency and gold.
"Jincheng Fish Balls", a century-old shop on Dihua Street in Taipei, started its business in 1916. The founder, Cai Jinxing, started to dominate the world with his handmade Fuzhou balls at the age of 12. During its heyday, it even expanded to Ruifang and set up a factory, and exported fish paste to Japan, laying the foundation of the business. After the third generation took over, it switched to domestic wholesale sales. The old Dadaocheng store still retains the traditional handmade flavor.
The old employees expressed their gratitude to the second-generation Dong Niang for her hard work and generosity, and working together with her husband to save hundreds of millions in property. Unexpectedly, she was suspected of religious fraud in her later years. Now the family and the temple are in court, and the abbot has been imprisoned. The century-old family property turmoil and judicial developments have made the outside world sigh.
