Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead bodies found during raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 our bodies through the search. Local authorities have been able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Regulation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations had been shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only capable of provide dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to establish the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest lots of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the elderly man throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was known within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dust with a view to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like groups aren't unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they had been promised non secular practice only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made system in an try and reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has shortly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust in opposition to 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 television exhibits a lady, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the woman remarked. “Solely those with a tainted thoughts could scent it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, fairly than native authorities. 

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

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

A number of 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 greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still searching the group’s compound for different suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we may have more details in the coming days.