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

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

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations had 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 discovered the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was solely capable of present 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 death of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest a lot of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the aged man through the raid. 

The strange group was known within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the person. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dust to be able to heal bodily diseases.

Cult-like groups should not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they were promised spiritual apply solely to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made system in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call 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) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv shows a woman, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter consumer identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, somewhat 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not respond by the time of publishing.

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