Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless bodies found during raid

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

Legislation 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 found the remains of 11 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 carried out to determine the causes of dying of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest many of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dirt in order to heal bodily diseases.

Cult-like groups are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they were promised religious follow solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself gadget in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich 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 tv exhibits a lady, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any disagreeable odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

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

One twitter user identified that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, moderately than native authorities. 

“It was speculated 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 schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to succeed in local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking the group’s compound for different suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we can have extra particulars within the coming days.