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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 bodies in the course of the search. Native authorities had been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations had been shared that the community had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was only capable of present death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted 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 many of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The unusual group was identified within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt to be able to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like teams are usually not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine college students say they had been promised religious practice only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an aged monk decapitated himself with a homemade gadget in an try and reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More extensively identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has quickly 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 shows 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 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 celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual circumstances, moderately than native authorities. 

“It was supposed 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 education system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

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