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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 bodies throughout the search. Native authorities were in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws 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 chief. After police made their method onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was solely in a position to provide loss of life certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to ascertain the causes of dying of the bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but before the arrest lots of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the aged man through the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume grime with the intention to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like teams aren't uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine students say they have been promised non secular follow only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a homemade system in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has rapidly 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 shows a woman, who appears 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. “Solely those with a tainted thoughts may scent 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 religious instances, fairly than local authorities. 

“It was alleged to be the police that raided this cult in 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

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