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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering a minimum of 11 bodies through the search. Local authorities have been 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 conscious of the group after allegations had been shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was only able to present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to establish the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

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

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

Cult-like groups should not unusual 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 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself machine in an try and reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

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

A snippet from tv shows a woman, 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. “Only these with a tainted thoughts could scent 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 instances, rather than native authorities. 

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

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

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered 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 did not reply by the point of publishing.

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