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 not less than 11 bodies during the search. Local authorities had been able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Legislation 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 chief. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

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

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest many of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The unusual group was known in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat grime with a purpose to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like groups should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they were promised spiritual practice solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself machine in an try to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television shows a lady, who seems 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 woman remarked. “Only those with a tainted mind may odor it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular instances, rather than native authorities. 

“It was imagined 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 schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking out the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we could have extra particulars within the coming days.