Leader 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 at the very least 11 bodies through the search. Local authorities were capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

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

Nevertheless, the group was only able to present demise certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted 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 many of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the aged man through the raid. 

The strange group was recognized within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the person. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dust to be able to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like groups are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they had been promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an aged monk decapitated himself with a selfmade gadget in an try and reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More extensively recognized 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) noticed 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 didn't detect any disagreeable odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious circumstances, slightly than local authorities. 

“It was imagined to be the police that raided this cult within 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 occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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