Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead bodies found during raid

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

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

Nonetheless, the group was only in a position to present demise certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of demise of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest lots of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the aged man in the course of the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat filth to be able to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like teams are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they were promised spiritual follow only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself machine in an attempt to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

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

A snippet from television shows 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 lady remarked. “Solely these with a tainted thoughts might scent it.”

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

“It was imagined 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

A number of tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still looking out the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we may have extra details in the coming days.