Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless our bodies discovered during raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the least 11 our bodies during the search. Local authorities were able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Law enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations have 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 found the remains of 11 bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was solely able to provide loss of life certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to determine the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

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

The unusual group was recognized 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 man. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume grime with a purpose to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like groups are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female college students say they were promised religious follow solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade machine in an attempt to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly identified 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television reveals a lady, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any disagreeable odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

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

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

One twitter consumer identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, reasonably than local authorities. 

“It was alleged 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

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

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