Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless our bodies discovered during 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. Native authorities had been capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

Law 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 leader. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was only able to present loss of life certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of dying of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest many of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the aged man through the raid. 

The strange group was recognized in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume filth in an effort to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like teams should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they had been promised non secular follow only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made system in an try and reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly 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 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 tv exhibits 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 lady remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts may scent it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, slightly than local authorities. 

“It was speculated 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not respond by the point of publishing.

Authorities are still searching the group’s compound for other suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we may have more details within the coming days.