backdrop of the financial crisis Thailand was facing at the time. Prompted by the criticism and public outcry, in January 1999 the Saṅgha Supreme Council started an investigation into the temple, led by , Chief of the Greater Bangkok Region. One of the accusations Luang Por Ñāṇavaro investigated was that Luang Por Dhammajayo had moved land donated to the temple to his own name. The temple denied this, stating that it was the donors' intention to give the land to the abbot, and not the temple, and that this was common and legal in Thailand. Eventually the Saṅgha Council declared that Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Luang Por Dhammajayo had not committed any serious offenses against monastic discipline (Vinaya) that were cause for defrocking (removal from monkhood) but instead practical directives were given for the temple to improve itself. Despite this, the , the secular part of the government in charge, charged Luang Por Dhammajayo with alleged embezzlement and removed him from his post as abbot. Luang Por Dhammajayo was summoned by prosecutors to acknowledge the charges but the temple asked for a guarantee that the abbot would not be imprisoned and consequently defrocked. No such guarantee was given, an arrest warrant followed, and a standoff began between police and the temple's practitioners. After two days, Luang Por Dhammajayo agreed to let the police take him when the requested guarantee was given. The abbot was interrogated but not defrocked, and was released. Luang Por Dhammajayo later fell ill and was hospitalized with throat and lung infections. The Ministry of Education also accused Luang Por Dhammajayo of having stated that the Tipiṭaka (Buddhist scriptures) was incomplete. Although there was no law in Thailand against this, he was eventually charged with this as well. During this period, many news reporters used pejorative language in describing the Saṅgha Council, the Supreme Patriarch, or Wat Phra Dhammakaya. This period of intense media attention had effects on the temple's fundraising, but the temple continued to organize projects, ceremonies and other events. The trials proceeded slowly, as the hearings were postponed because of evidence that was not ready, and because of the abbot's illness. In 2000, Maechi Chandra Konnokyoong died. Nationwide engagement (2001–2013) In the 2000s, the Thai media gradually lost interest in the temple's controversies from the Asian financial crisis. During this period, the temple began to focus more on promoting an ethical lifestyle, using the