Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual公仔箱論壇: n/ R) N" T+ f, `
$ i' q- G1 ^: S& ?* w2 QA British man was arrested today with a suitcase full of dead babies thought to have been used in a black magic rituals in Thailand.0 y- L5 A6 @8 n9 Q, Q
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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.) u' A5 e6 a$ e5 J
3 k- k& g' @. K8 |公仔箱論壇It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 \% B% i/ V% E9 }' {, y7 q
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Human remains: Two of the six foetuses wrapped in gold leaf which were seized by police in Bangkok, Thailand. A British man has been arrested/ ?; F! u$ a! M, C3 W2 s" u% {1 Z
) m/ U2 X# M: f% s% K1 n7 S$ x5.39.217.76'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.+ K& ]; a) z1 t2 l1 I8 g+ p# d
7 X1 M2 M- W* j! E1 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt was not clear where the bodies came from.% e& t6 i- k/ l+ z% J7 i
: ~; Y+ s) B! ]3 y' D; PPolice said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.5.39.217.76' p6 z b- i, J) ]
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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.( m" u2 [# X" I, s
6 y! S6 {1 ~, {0 d4 T( p+ ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.
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# K; K! o. k* G5 h8 h- _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 that5.39.217.76) d2 b3 k* @6 Z8 f- p
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Grim: The corpses had a number of religious threads on them and they are thought to have undergone a black magic ritual0 ]6 n/ V- G9 l4 U) e# p! O
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Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.
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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.
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The 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.
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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
/ f- e& ]* w. v& k1 S: y. }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.+ ]+ J2 k( Y9 H. b% |2 r
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Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
6 O6 ?/ v8 `9 x; [; \'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.公仔箱論壇$ i* g7 m% i; D6 {; z
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