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

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

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

Nevertheless, the group was only in a position to provide demise certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to determine the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest lots of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the aged man throughout the raid. 

The strange group was recognized within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dust with the intention to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like groups are usually not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they were promised spiritual apply solely to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself machine in an try to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name 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 tv reveals a woman, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any disagreeable odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the girl remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts could scent 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 religious instances, slightly than local authorities. 

“It was imagined 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 education system, notably within 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 tried to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they did not reply by the point of publishing.

Authorities are still looking out the group’s compound for different suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we will have extra particulars in the coming days.