RCMP to review new allegations about PEI Buddhist group, but says previous claims unfounded

Canada’s national police force says it will review allegations of money laundering and foreign interference, levelled in a new book against a Prince Edward Island-based Buddhist group, but says previous investigations into similar claims found no evidence to back them up.

Last week, PEI Premier Rob Lantz urged the RCMP and FinTRAC, Canada’s anti-money-laundering agency, to probe long-standing allegations concerning Bliss and Wisdom, a Taiwanese-based organization that has significant landholdings in the eastern part of the province. The Premier’s letters to both agencies came days after a press conference featuring the authors of Canada Under Siege, a book, published in August, about the group’s alleged influence on the island.