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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 bodies through the search. Local authorities had been 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 aware of the group after allegations had been shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their manner onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only able to present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to determine the causes of dying of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest a lot of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the aged man during 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 almost anything for the man. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dust in order to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like groups will not be uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they have been promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a homemade system in an try and reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely 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 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 exhibits a woman, who appears 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 woman remarked. “Only those with a tainted thoughts may odor it.”

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

One twitter person pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, moderately than native authorities. 

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

Authorities are still looking the group’s compound for different suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we may have more particulars in the coming days.