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

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 bodies throughout 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.

Law 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 chief. After police made their approach onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the remains of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely able to present death 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 chief 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 throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was identified in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like manner, where 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 eat grime in an effort to heal physical sicknesses.

Cult-like groups usually are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where feminine students say they were promised non secular observe solely to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Final year, an elderly monk decapitated himself with a homemade machine in an attempt to reincarnate as a better being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively wealthy Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name 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 television shows a woman, 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 girl remarked. “Solely these with a tainted mind might odor 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 star volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual circumstances, rather than native authorities. 

“It was presupposed to be the police that raided this cult within 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 training system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of more than half of the nation being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to succeed in native police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not reply by the time of publishing.

Authorities are still looking out the group’s compound for different suspicious materials. That is an ongoing story and we could have extra details in the coming days.