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

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

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

Nevertheless, the group was only able to present demise certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to determine the causes of dying of the bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest lots of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the elderly 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 almost anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt as a way to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like groups are usually not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine students say they were promised religious observe solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself gadget in an attempt to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has shortly 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) saw 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 girl remarked. “Solely these with a tainted thoughts might smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious circumstances, fairly than native authorities. 

“It was purported to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter user 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 considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still looking the group’s compound for other suspicious materials. This is an ongoing story and we can have more details within the coming days.