Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead 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 during the search. Local authorities have been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

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

Nevertheless, the group was solely in a position to present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of demise of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest lots of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the elderly man during the raid. 

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

Cult-like teams are usually not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they had been promised non secular observe only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself gadget in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has quickly 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 woman, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any disagreeable odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Solely those with a tainted mind might odor it.”

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

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious circumstances, somewhat than local authorities. 

“It was speculated to be the police that raided this cult in 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 in the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

Authorities are still looking out the group’s compound for other suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we will have extra details within the coming days.