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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 bodies throughout the search. Native authorities had been able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

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

However, the group was solely capable of present demise certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to determine the causes of loss of life of the our bodies.

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

The strange group was identified within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with a view to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like teams aren't uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they have been promised spiritual apply solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade machine in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively known 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 girl, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any disagreeable odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the woman remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts could 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 celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, relatively than native authorities. 

“It was presupposed 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

Several tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered more than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however 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 may have more particulars within the coming days.