Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless bodies discovered throughout raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the least 11 our bodies throughout 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 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 chief. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays 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 conducted to determine the causes of demise 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 elderly man in the course of the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized within the space 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 devour dust with the intention to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like teams should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female college students say they had been promised spiritual practice only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade device in an attempt to reincarnate as the next 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 call a cult.

The incident has shortly 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 television exhibits a girl, 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 woman remarked. “Only those with a tainted thoughts might scent it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter user pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious cases, somewhat than local authorities. 

“It was presupposed 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

Several tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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