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 not less than 11 our bodies throughout the search. Native authorities have 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 conscious of the group after allegations had been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only able to provide dying certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to ascertain the causes of demise of the bodies.

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

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

Cult-like teams usually are not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine college students say they had been promised spiritual apply solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an aged monk decapitated himself with a selfmade system in an try to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich 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 television shows a girl, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

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

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious instances, slightly than local authorities. 

“It was purported 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

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't respond by the point of publishing.

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