Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless bodies discovered throughout raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 bodies in the course of the search. Native authorities have been capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

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

However, the group was only able to provide death certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to ascertain the causes of death of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest many of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The unusual group was identified within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dust so as to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like teams aren't unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they were promised non secular apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself device in an try and reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely recognized 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 television shows a girl, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts might odor it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
กูหลุดขำกับคำพูดนี้มาก ยายแกคิดได้ไง5555555555555555#พระบิดา pic.twitter.com/rNOaZJBLxq

One twitter person identified that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular circumstances, fairly than local authorities. 

“It was purported to be the police that raided this cult within 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 occurred as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking the group’s compound for different suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we will have more details in the coming days.