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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at least 11 bodies through the search. Native authorities were able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations have been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely able to provide death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of death of the our bodies.

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

The unusual group was identified within 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 force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dirt as a way to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like teams should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they had been promised spiritual apply solely to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a selfmade gadget in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy 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 television reveals a girl, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any disagreeable odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the woman remarked. “Solely those with a tainted thoughts might 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 celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was speculated to be the police that raided this cult within the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter person questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

Several tweets describe what occurred 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 country being like this,” one other Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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