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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 bodies throughout the search. Local authorities had been capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations have been shared that the community had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely capable of present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to establish the causes of dying of the our bodies.

The suspected chief 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 unusual group was known in the area 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 power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with a purpose to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like teams usually are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they have been promised non secular follow only 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 and reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely recognized 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 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 exhibits a lady, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't 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 scent it.”

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

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb 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

A number of tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they did not respond by the point of publishing.

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