Donglin Temple in Yilan was involved in the case of emptying out hundreds of millions of temple property. The abbot and his son were implicated in embezzling charity funds to buy gold and collect them as deposits.

Donglin Temple in Yilan was accused of fraud by a century-old fish ball shop! Prosecutors discovered that abbot Zhang Qingyu and his son, a monk, were suspected of taking hundreds of millions of donations from believers and temple property for themselves, laundering the misappropriated money by purchasing virtual currency and gold and then hiding it. Today, the court ruled that they should be detained, which shocked the religious world.

The Yilan District Prosecutor's Office took the initiative to trace the capital flow of Donglin Temple, and surprisingly discovered that there were flaws in the accounts. Zhang Qingyu and his son were suspected of laundering temple property and public donations through complicated channels, using the temple property as a private vault to purchase virtual currency and gold bars to avoid detection. It was initially estimated that the amount of illegal misappropriation exceeded hundreds of millions of yuan, and their methods were extremely professional.

The dispute started when family members of "Jincheng Fish Ball" on Dihua Street complained that their mother went to Donglin Temple for four years to practice spiritual practice and donated nearly 300 million yuan, leaving only more than 300,000 yuan in her account. The family accused the temple authorities of taking out remittances and canceling the 70 million yuan fixed deposit while their mother was in the intensive care unit. They also spent tens of millions to create an immortality grant, and angrily accused the abbot of fraud.

Facing the charges, Zhang Qingyu appeared in court in a high-profile appearance in a Porsche SUV worth nearly 5 million yuan in August. He tried his best to protest the injustice, emphasizing that the deceased was a wealthy entrepreneur, and all the funds were donated voluntarily to build the monastery. He even criticized and sued his adopted son for receiving billions of property and slandered the monks. But now, he was severely slapped in the face after being found out by the prosecutor that he embezzled temple property and laundered money.

It is reported that part of the funds were suspected of being misappropriated to purchase farmhouses, large amounts of land around Donglin Temple, and even luxury campers for private enjoyment. Although the temple once passed the responsibility to the founder who has left, the prosecutors determined that the father and son named Zhang were the ones behind the money laundering, and in the name of religious charity, they converted donations from believers into cash machines to satisfy their selfish desires.

Tucked away in the valley of Dongshan Township, Donglin Temple is famous for its modern Zen architecture and the thousand-year-old nanmu Buddha. It was originally a pure land in the hearts of believers. Now, this beautiful temple that emphasizes the practice of chanting Buddha has been found by the prosecutor to have the abbot and his son suspected of emptying hundreds of millions of temple property, which shocked the religious community and caused a lot of discussion among believers.