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

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

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations were shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their method onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was solely capable of provide death certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to ascertain the causes of demise of the our bodies.

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

The unusual group was identified in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost anything for the man. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with a view to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like groups will not be unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine college students say they have been promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade machine in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy 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 reveals a woman, who seems 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 those with a tainted thoughts might 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 cases, quite than native authorities. 

“It was imagined 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

Several tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s training 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 consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking out the group’s compound for different suspicious materials. This is an ongoing story and we could have more particulars in the coming days.