Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless bodies discovered throughout raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 bodies during the search. Local authorities were capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

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

Nonetheless, the group was only able to provide demise certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of death of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest lots of his followers attempted to cease police from arresting the aged man through the raid. 

The strange group was identified in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the person. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour filth with a view to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like teams aren't uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they have been promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself gadget in an try and reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call 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) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv reveals a woman, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

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

One twitter user pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular circumstances, quite than native authorities. 

“It was purported 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 occurred 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 country being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't respond by the point of publishing.

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