Thailand to tackle kingdom's supernatural obsession after occult killing The Thai government announced plans on Wednesday to tackle the kingdom's obsession with the supernatural following the brutal slaying of a young girl by her family in an occult ritual. The government said it would launch a public awareness campaign to rid the nation of non-traditional supernatural beliefs, and would require all people working as psychics or mystical healers to report to local officials. The crackdown was sparked by the horrific murder of a 12-year-old Thai girl last week who allegedly had her throat repeatedly slashed by her mother, grandmother and two aunts in a ritual to rid her of an evil spirit. Police found Prapasorn Jiamcharoen dead in a pool of blood with multiple slash wounds to her neck as the women chanted upstairs to a Hindu goddess they had built a cult around. "We will not force people to change their beliefs by law but we will educate them that some beliefs, like killing people, are a crime and it is not the right think to do," Thaweesin Wisanuyothin of the Thai Department of Mental Health told AFP. "There are some groups of people who are just criminals and they want to take advantage of people by providing false beliefs," he said.
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