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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 our 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.

Legislation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations have been shared that the community 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 solely able to provide dying certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed 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 many of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the aged man through 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 nearly something for the man. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dirt with a purpose to heal bodily diseases.

Cult-like groups aren't unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female students say they had been promised non secular apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made device in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has rapidly 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 television exhibits a woman, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Solely those with a tainted thoughts could scent it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was speculated 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 occurred as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area 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 reach native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they did not reply by the point of publishing.

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