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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the least 11 bodies in the course of 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.

Legislation enforcement had already been made aware of the group after allegations were shared that the neighborhood had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their method onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was only able to provide dying certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted 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 cease police from arresting the aged man through the raid. 

The strange group was identified in the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost anything for the person. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume filth in an effort to heal physical illnesses.

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

The incident has quickly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust against 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 disagreeable odor whereas consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Only those with a tainted mind could smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
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One twitter consumer identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious religious circumstances, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was presupposed 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 space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter person wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach 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 materials. This is an ongoing story and we could have extra particulars in the coming days.