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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 our bodies through the search. Native authorities were able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Regulation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations had been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the remains of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was solely able to present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to ascertain the causes of loss of life of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, but before the arrest many of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the aged man in the course of the raid. 

The unusual group was identified within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually something for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume grime with the intention to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like teams aren't unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they were promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself device in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich 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) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv reveals a girl, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Only these with a tainted mind might odor it.”

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

One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, quite than native authorities. 

“It was supposed to be the police that raided this cult within the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter consumer questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

A number of tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

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