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 at the very least 11 our bodies during the search. Local authorities had been able to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws 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 way onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was only capable of provide loss of life certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to establish the causes of death 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 stop police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The strange group was known within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost anything for the man. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with a purpose to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like groups are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they had been promised spiritual practice only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a home made device in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

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

A snippet from television exhibits a lady, 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 smell 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 celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, rather than local authorities. 

“It was purported 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s training system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they did not reply by the time of publishing.

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