Kechara House Buddhist Association
Kechara House Buddhist Association (KHBA), formally registered in 2001, is led by a "Liaisons Council" consisting of (presently) 21 Liaisons, 6 of whom double as the KHBA's Board of Directors. New Liaisons are voted in by existing Liaisons. The structure was apparently modeled after that of Ganden Monastery. The Liaisons Council supervises thirteen departments, whose heads may or may not simultaneously serve as Liaisons.
As of 2010, some 95 people work for the organization in some capacity (often on a volunteer basis). The Kechara group seems to have several hundred active members, and a less-committed following of perhaps a thousand or so. Except for a few Westerners, nearly all participants are Malaysian Chinese. (To proselytize Muslim Malays would be illegal under Malaysian law; see Religious freedom in Malaysia.)
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