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 had 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 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 way onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only capable of present death certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of death of the bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but before the arrest lots of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the elderly man in the course of the raid. 

The strange group was identified within the area to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost anything for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and eat filth to be able to heal bodily diseases.

Cult-like groups are usually not uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine college students say they have been promised religious practice solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a homemade device in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher 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 rapidly 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 tv exhibits a girl, who seems 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 lady remarked. “Solely those with a tainted mind may odor it.”

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

One twitter user pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual instances, relatively than local authorities. 

“It was speculated 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

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the country being like this,” another Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to achieve native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, but they didn't reply 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 will have more details in the coming days.