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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the very least 11 our bodies through the search. Native authorities had 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 aware of the group after allegations had been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was only able to 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 bodies.

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

The strange group was known within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the man. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume grime as a way to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like groups are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they were promised religious apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade gadget in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has rapidly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust in opposition to 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 reveals a lady, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any unpleasant odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the woman remarked. “Solely these with a tainted mind may scent it.”

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

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

“It was supposed to be the police that raided this cult in 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 education system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they did not reply by the time of publishing.

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