Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead our bodies found throughout raid

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

Regulation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations were shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its chief. After police made their manner onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

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

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, however earlier than the arrest many of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the elderly man through the raid. 

The strange group was known within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat dirt with a view to heal physical illnesses.

Cult-like teams should not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine college students say they have been promised religious apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade machine in an attempt to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has rapidly 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 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 lady remarked. “Solely those with a tainted mind might smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter person pointed out that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious cases, slightly 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

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 country being like this,” one other Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, but they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still searching the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we can have extra details in the coming days.