Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual
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+ F# n$ J& S n6 \0 l* N* ]5.39.217.76A British man was arrested today with a suitcase full of dead babies thought to have been used in a black magic rituals in Thailand.
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Chow Hok Kuen, 28, a British citizen born in Hong Kong of Taiwanese parents, was arrested in Bangkok's Chinatown and was being held for possession of human remains, police said.
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# m8 S2 U, }' D0 J [. g- c* s5.39.217.76It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.
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5 J& k- H, x/ Z | I3 T2 THuman remains: Two of the six foetuses wrapped in gold leaf which were seized by police in Bangkok, Thailand. A British man has been arrested1 N4 g( s9 k. @( {% S% P
) i" I8 `: J. p8 L1 k公仔箱論壇'The bodies are of children between the ages of two and seven months. Some were found covered in gold leaf,' Wiwat Kumchumnan, sub-division chief of the police's Children and Women Protection unit, said.
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It was not clear where the bodies came from.
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In Thailand there is a grisly ritual known as 'Kuman Thong', where dead babies are surgically removed from their mother's womb and undergo a ceremonial ritual.
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But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.+ B7 j# N8 R5 t6 J' K7 [1 n9 P x6 X
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Grim haul: The remains of six foetuses which are believed to be destined for Taiwan. They were bought for £4,000 and could have been sold for six times that
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: o U7 ?3 [, ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGrim: The corpses had a number of religious threads on them and they are thought to have undergone a black magic ritual
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! Y: m2 c$ f3 L( Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 V# c& m1 T- V0 m
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Police had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services.公仔箱論壇2 S$ B2 [$ P" o1 M+ K2 u8 a
$ w$ d; X- n! q! F8 B/ X: N" U5.39.217.76The corpses were bought from a Taiwanese national for 200,000 baht (£4,000) and could have been sold for six times that amount in Taiwan, police said.5.39.217.764 n' N9 g/ _9 f/ a9 j( s
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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested& b, M) s! v4 L' j
Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.5.39.217.76; D8 z2 D8 K+ v9 s* H
% [" i' k u4 t' ^% v% m3 c5 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'公仔箱論壇" S1 {! Q% p. J& s1 i
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