Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless bodies discovered throughout raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering no less than 11 our bodies during the search. Local authorities have been capable of 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 group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then found the remains of 11 bodies in coffins.

Nevertheless, the group was only capable of provide demise certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be conducted to determine the causes of demise of the our 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 during the raid. 

The strange group was recognized within the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, 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 filth as a way to heal bodily sicknesses.

Cult-like teams will not be unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they have been promised spiritual follow only to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a selfmade system in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More broadly identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name 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) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv reveals a lady, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she didn't detect any disagreeable odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the lady remarked. “Solely these with a tainted thoughts might odor it.”

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

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

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

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

Several tweets describe what occurred as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably within the space of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still searching the group’s compound for other suspicious material. That is an ongoing story and we will have more particulars in the coming days.