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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering a minimum of 11 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 legal guidelines.

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

Nevertheless, the group was solely capable of present death certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to ascertain the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

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

The unusual group was identified within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume grime with a view to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like groups usually are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they have been promised religious practice only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a selfmade system in an try to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More extensively 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 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 shows a girl, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any disagreeable odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

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

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

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious instances, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was alleged to be the police that raided this cult in 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to succeed in local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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