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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 our bodies in the course of the search. Native authorities were capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Regulation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations have been shared that the group 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.

Nonetheless, the group was solely capable of provide death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to establish the causes of dying of the our 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 elderly man in the course of the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the man. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dirt to be able to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like teams should not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine students say they were promised non secular practice only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade device in an try 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 wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call 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 tv reveals a lady, who appears 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 woman remarked. “Solely these with a tainted thoughts might scent it.”

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

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, quite than local authorities. 

“It was supposed 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

Several tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking out the group’s compound for different suspicious materials. That is an ongoing story and we may have more details in the coming days.