Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless our bodies discovered throughout raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering a minimum of 11 our bodies through the search. Native authorities have been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

Legislation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations have been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only capable of provide loss of life certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to ascertain the causes of death of the bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but before the arrest lots of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the elderly man throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost anything for the person. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dust with the intention to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like teams will not be unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine students say they were promised spiritual practice only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself system in an attempt to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has rapidly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust towards the cult’s practices of consuming human waste. The Thai-language hashtag #พระบิดา (#Father) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv reveals a girl, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any disagreeable odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Solely these with a tainted mind may scent it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person identified that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious instances, quite than local authorities. 

“It was purported to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter person questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they did not respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still looking the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we will have extra particulars within the coming days.