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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering a minimum of 11 our bodies in the course of the search. Native authorities had been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

Law enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations were shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only capable of provide demise certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to ascertain the causes of death of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest a lot of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the elderly man throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour grime in order to heal bodily diseases.

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 had been promised non secular observe solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made gadget in an try and reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television exhibits a woman, 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. “Only those with a tainted thoughts might smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, 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

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 greater than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they did not respond by the time of publishing.

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