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

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

Regulation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations have 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 stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only capable of present death certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be performed to determine the causes of loss of life of the our bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest many of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the elderly man throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized within 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 drive his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with a purpose to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like groups aren't uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female college students say they have been promised non secular follow solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself gadget in an try and reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively recognized is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from television shows 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 woman remarked. “Only those with a tainted thoughts could smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, quite than native authorities. 

“It was alleged to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter user questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless searching the group’s compound for different suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we will have more details in the coming days.