Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless our bodies discovered during raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the least 11 our bodies during the search. Native authorities were able 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 had been shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only in a position to provide dying certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to establish the causes of death of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest many of his followers tried to stop 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 virtually something for the man. Some say he would drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat grime with a view to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like groups should not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they had been promised religious observe only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade machine in an try to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has quickly 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv reveals a girl, who appears to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the woman remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts may scent 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 star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, quite than local authorities. 

“It was imagined 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 schooling system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

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