Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless our bodies found during raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 bodies in the course of 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.

Regulation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations were shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only capable of present dying certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of dying of the bodies.

The suspected chief 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 in the course of the raid. 

The unusual group was known within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with a view to heal bodily diseases.

Cult-like groups will not be uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they have been promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade device in an try to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has shortly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust in opposition to 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 seems 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 woman remarked. “Only those with a tainted thoughts might odor it.”

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

One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, reasonably than native authorities. 

“It was imagined to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter person questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

A number of tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably in the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they did not reply by the point of publishing.

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