Leader 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 the very least 11 our bodies in the course of the search. Local authorities had been able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction laws.

Law enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations were shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their manner onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, 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 determine the causes of demise of the bodies.

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

The strange group was known within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually something for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dust with the intention to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like teams are usually not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they have been promised non secular apply solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a home made machine in an try and 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 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 tv reveals a lady, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any unpleasant odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Solely those with a tainted mind might smell it.”

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

One twitter user pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular circumstances, slightly than native 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 education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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