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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the very least 11 our bodies throughout the search. Local authorities had been in a position 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 had been shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their means onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was solely capable of present death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to ascertain the causes of dying of the our bodies.

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

The unusual group was known within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt as a way to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like teams are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female students say they had been promised non secular observe solely to be coerced into intercourse 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 build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly known 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 television reveals a lady, who appears 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 girl remarked. “Only those 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 star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious instances, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was imagined 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

A number of tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

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