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

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

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations had been shared that the community had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their manner onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only capable of provide death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to establish the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest a lot of his followers tried to cease police from arresting the aged man throughout the raid. 

The strange group was known in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the person. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour grime in order to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like groups should not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they have been promised religious observe only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade machine in an try and reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly recognized 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 exhibits a woman, who appears 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 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 uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, quite than local authorities. 

“It was speculated to be the police that raided this cult within 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 education system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still looking the group’s compound for different suspicious materials. This is an ongoing story and we can have extra particulars in the coming days.