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Police in northeastern Thailand have arrested a self-proclaimed holy man who, according to local media, ran a cult living in the woods and practiced ‘unacceptable’ customs by ‘modern civil society’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Amid chaotic raid scenes, police raided the mud house of 75-year-old Thawee Nanra on Sunday in the jungle of Chaiyaphum province.<\/p>\n
Supporters of the group shouted and tried to stop the police as the man with long white hair was escorted towards the vehicles.<\/p>\n
Police later said they had found 11 bodies of people inside the tribal apartment, which local media said belonged to his dead followers.<\/p>\n
Governor Kraisorn Kongchalad said Thawee had at least 15 followers with him. While in his house there were some scattered coffins and tools of tribal healing practices.<\/p>\n
Believers told the media that cult members, among others, believed that human body fluids, such as urine or phlegm, could be used to treat disease.<\/p>\n
Governor Kraisorn said he could not allow such practices to continue in the modern world.<\/p>\n
“It’s horrible that these people believe in superstition, this is no longer a personal belief. “There are dead bodies that will be investigated.”<\/p>\n
The population of Thailand is predominantly Buddhist but many people have other faiths outside the traditional religion.<\/p>\n
Authorities in question said the group in question had existed for at least four years, hiding in the remote area of \u200b\u200bthe forest.<\/p>\n
They were discovered when the daughter of one of the followers of the faith had complained to a well-known figure about the discovery of “abusive” religious practices.<\/p>\n
Thawee was charged with illegal residence in the state forest area, for illegal gatherings under the law of strict coronavirus health order.<\/p>\n
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