Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless our bodies discovered 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 throughout the search. Local authorities have been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

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

Nonetheless, the group was solely in a position to provide loss of life certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

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

The unusual group was identified in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dust with a purpose to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like groups should not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they were promised religious follow only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade gadget in an try and reincarnate as the next 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 quickly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust towards 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 television shows a woman, who appears 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 lady remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts may scent it.”

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

One twitter consumer identified that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious cases, moderately than local authorities. 

“It was imagined to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter user 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 space 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 native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't respond by the point of publishing.

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