Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless our bodies found during raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 our bodies throughout 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.

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 manner onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely able to present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to determine the causes of death of the bodies.

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

The unusual group was recognized in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually something for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat filth with the intention to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like teams are usually not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they had been promised non secular follow only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an aged 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. Extra broadly known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has quickly 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) saw 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 didn't detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

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

One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious circumstances, moderately than native authorities. 

“It was purported to be the police that raided this cult within 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 occurred as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably in the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless searching the group’s compound for other suspicious materials. That is an ongoing story and we could have extra particulars in the coming days.