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

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

Regulation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations have been shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only able to present demise 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 leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest lots of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the elderly man during the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dirt in order to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like groups are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female students say they have been promised spiritual follow solely to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made device in an try to 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 wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has rapidly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust against 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 woman, 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 smell it.”

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

One twitter person pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular circumstances, relatively than local authorities. 

“It was alleged 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 in the area 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 tried to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't respond by the point of publishing.

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