Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead 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 through the search. Local authorities were 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 neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their manner onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was solely able to present demise 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 our bodies.

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

The unusual group was identified in 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 power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour filth to be able to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like teams are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female college students say they had been promised spiritual practice only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade system in an try to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

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

A snippet from tv exhibits a woman, 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 woman remarked. “Only those with a tainted thoughts may odor it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
กูหลุดขำกับคำพูดนี้มาก ยายแกคิดได้ไง5555555555555555#พระบิดา pic.twitter.com/rNOaZJBLxq

One twitter person pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious cases, slightly than native 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

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 more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still looking out the group’s compound for different suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we could have extra details in the coming days.