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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the very least 11 our bodies in the course of the search. Native authorities were capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

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

Nonetheless, the group was only capable of present dying certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to ascertain the causes of demise of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest a lot of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the elderly man throughout the raid. 

The strange group was known in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dust with a purpose to heal bodily diseases.

Cult-like groups are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they have been promised religious observe solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a home made device in an try and reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has quickly 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television exhibits a lady, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any disagreeable odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

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

“It was speculated 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

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 considered more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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