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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering a minimum of 11 our bodies throughout the search. Native authorities had been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations have been shared that the community had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then found 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 performed to ascertain the causes of loss of life of the our bodies.

The suspected leader 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 throughout the raid. 

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

Cult-like groups should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they have been promised non secular practice only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made system in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call 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 shows a girl, who seems 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 girl remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts may smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular circumstances, slightly than local authorities. 

“It was presupposed 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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