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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the least 11 our bodies in the course of the search. Local authorities were 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 chief. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely in a position to present death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to establish the causes of demise of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest a lot of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the elderly man in the course of the raid. 

The unusual group was known in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the man. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dirt so as to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like groups aren't uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they were promised spiritual observe only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade gadget in an attempt to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely recognized 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 towards the cult’s practices of consuming human waste. The Thai-language hashtag #พระบิดา (#Father) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television shows a lady, 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 lady remarked. “Solely those with a tainted mind could odor 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, quite than native authorities. 

“It was speculated 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 in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we will have more particulars within the coming days.