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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering a minimum of 11 bodies during the search. Native 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 aware of the group after allegations were shared that the community had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their method onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only in a position to present demise certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to establish the causes of demise of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest many of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the aged man throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dust with the intention to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like teams are usually not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine students say they have been promised spiritual observe only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade device in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has quickly 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) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television reveals a girl, who appears 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 lady remarked. “Only these with a tainted mind could smell it.”

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

One twitter person identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular circumstances, moderately than local authorities. 

“It was speculated to be the police that raided this cult within 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 schooling system, notably within the space 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 native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless searching the group’s compound for different suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we may have more details within the coming days.