Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 useless our bodies discovered throughout raid

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

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 means onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was solely capable of provide loss of life certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to establish the causes of loss of life of the bodies.

The suspected leader of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest lots of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the aged man during the raid. 

The unusual group was identified in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the man. Some say he would force his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour grime to be able to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like teams will not be uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they were promised spiritual follow solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a home made gadget in an try to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra broadly identified 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 against 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 tv exhibits a lady, who appears 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 girl remarked. “Solely these with a tainted mind could scent 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 celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, rather than local authorities. 

“It was speculated 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

A number of tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to succeed in local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not respond by the point of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking the group’s compound for other suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we can have extra particulars within the coming days.