Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead our bodies found throughout raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 bodies through the search. Local authorities have been able to 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 were shared that the community had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely in a position to present loss of life certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to determine the causes of demise of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest lots of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the elderly man during the raid. 

The unusual group was identified in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour filth in an effort to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like groups should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they had been promised non secular practice only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made system in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More extensively 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 tv reveals a girl, who seems 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 girl remarked. “Solely these with a tainted thoughts could odor it.”

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

One twitter consumer identified that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, somewhat than native authorities. 

“It was alleged 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

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to succeed in local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still searching the group’s compound for different suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we will have more particulars in the coming days.