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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult chief in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering at the very least 11 our bodies in the course of the search. Native authorities were capable of raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment legal guidelines and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

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

Nevertheless, the group was solely in a position to present loss of life certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of dying of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, however before the arrest many of his followers attempted to stop police from arresting the elderly man during the raid. 

The strange group was identified in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do nearly anything for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume dust with a view to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like groups are usually not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place female college students say they had been promised spiritual apply only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last 12 months, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a selfmade device in an attempt to reincarnate as a higher being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. More widely identified is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers call a cult.

The incident has shortly 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 tv reveals a girl, 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 lady remarked. “Solely these with a tainted mind may smell it.”

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

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual circumstances, slightly than native authorities. 

“It was alleged to be the police that raided this cult within the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter consumer 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 education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter user wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to achieve local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they didn't reply by the point of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless searching the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we may have more details within the coming days.