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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the least 11 our bodies during the search. Native authorities were capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

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

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

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest lots of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the elderly man in the course of the raid. 

The strange group was known in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dirt so as to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like teams should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they had been promised non secular follow only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself system in an try and reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra 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 exhibits a girl, 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 woman remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts may scent it.”

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

One twitter user identified that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious cases, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was supposed 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

A number of tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless searching the group’s compound for different suspicious materials. This is an ongoing story and we will have extra details in the coming days.