Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless our bodies found throughout raid

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

Regulation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations have been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

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

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

The strange group was known in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually something for the person. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume filth as a way to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like teams will not be uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they were promised non secular apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a selfmade gadget in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More extensively identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

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

A snippet from television exhibits a girl, 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. “Only those with a tainted mind may scent it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, somewhat than local authorities. 

“It was presupposed to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter consumer questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

Several tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably in the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not respond by the point of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking the group’s compound for different suspicious materials. That is an ongoing story and we can have extra particulars within the coming days.