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 least 11 our bodies through the search. Native 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 conscious of the group after allegations were shared that the group 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 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only able to present demise certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of dying of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but before the arrest a lot of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the aged man throughout the raid. 

The strange group was known in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dust with a view to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like groups should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they were promised religious follow only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade gadget in an attempt to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More extensively 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 against 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 tv reveals a girl, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

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

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter user pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, rather than local authorities. 

“It was speculated 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 education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless searching the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we could have more particulars in the coming days.