BEIJING– China’s well-known Shaolin Holy place introduced on Sunday that its abbot is under examination on uncertainty of misappropriation and embezzlement of job funds and holy place properties.
Shi Yongxin was affirmed to have actually dedicated criminal offenses and seriously went against the Buddhist principles by preserving partnerships with several females over an extended period and fathering a minimum of one kid, according to a notification from the holy place’s authority on its WeChat account.
The notification claimed several divisions were performing a joint examination versus Shi Yongxin, and appropriate searchings for would certainly be introduced to the general public eventually.
The popularity of the Shaolin Holy place, based in the main Chinese district of Henan, has actually exceeded a spiritual establishment. It is additionally well-known for its fighting styles society, or martial art, which has actually been referenced in numerous motion pictures and television dramatization, consisting of the 1982 movie “The Shaolin Holy place,” starring fighting styles super star Jet Li.
The information regarding Shi Yongxin, whose initial name Liu Yingcheng, placed leading on Chinese internet search engine Baidu and X-like social media sites system Weibo on Sunday evening.
Neighborhood media reported that the abbot had actually been struck by opprobrious allegations in the past, consisting of cases that he fathered a number of youngsters and embezzled cash. According to information electrical outlet Caixin International, rural examination records vindicated him of all costs in 2016.
Shi Yongxin went into Shaolin Holy place in 1981 and became its abbot in 1999, according to the holy place’s web site. Xinhua in 2015 reported that he was called a “chief executive officer monk,” as one of the very first Chinese monks to get an MBA, and he had actually triggered conflict for creating industrial procedures like financially rewarding martial art programs and goods.
Previously on Sunday, Chinese neighborhood media electrical outlets reported that authorities had actually rejected an on the internet notification asserting Shi Yongxin was obstructed by authorities while attempting to run away with his girlfriends and youngsters as phony.
