Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead bodies found throughout raid

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

Law 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 chief. After police made their way onto the camp grounds, police then found the stays of 11 bodies in coffins.

However, the group was only able to provide dying certificates belonging to five of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of death of the our 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, where devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do almost something for the person. Some say he would power his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and consume filth with a purpose to heal physical diseases.

Cult-like groups aren't uncommon in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed where female students say they have been promised religious observe solely to be coerced into intercourse or raped by its founder. Final yr, an aged monk decapitated himself with a do-it-yourself machine in an try to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him construct the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra extensively known 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 towards 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 woman, 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 woman remarked. “Solely these with a tainted mind may smell it.”

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

One twitter user identified that the one who exposed this cult was Mor Pla, a celebrity volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious spiritual cases, somewhat than local authorities. 

“It was speculated 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 happened as a failure of Thailand’s education system, notably within the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the considered more than half of the country being like this,” one other Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer attempted to reach local police in Chaiyaphum for comment, however they did not respond by the point of publishing.

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