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 no less than 11 bodies during the search. Local authorities were in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

Law 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 discovered the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only able to present dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to ascertain the causes of dying of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest many of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The unusual group was known within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly something for the person. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dirt with a purpose to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like teams usually are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they were promised spiritual practice solely to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade system in an attempt to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich 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) noticed over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television reveals a girl, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

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

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

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious cases, somewhat than local 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

A number of tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably in the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking out the group’s compound for other suspicious materials. This is an ongoing story and we will have extra particulars within the coming days.