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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the very least 11 our bodies during the search. Local authorities have been able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

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

However, the group was only capable of present death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to ascertain the causes of loss of life of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest many of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the elderly man throughout the raid. 

The strange group was known in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the person. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat filth with a purpose to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like groups will not be uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they were promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade device in an try to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has shortly 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 television reveals a woman, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the girl remarked. “Only those with a tainted thoughts may odor it.”

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

One twitter user pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious circumstances, somewhat than native authorities. 

“It was alleged 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 occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they did not reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still searching the group’s compound for different suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we will have more details within the coming days.