Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual
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( S( c; Z" x7 P4 G. u3 N& { h0 n5.39.217.76A 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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7 f$ \- g5 r! Z1 ~9 `9 ?; `公仔箱論壇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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: {3 V" q- [ i8 c$ [) xIt is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.3 s9 m/ v6 p/ S/ W! H
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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/ C( ^( b4 g" E/ M+ {
9 d" A1 J3 y: I0 W1 _6 w; i'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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% [2 S! ^+ c( r6 D: w' j公仔箱論壇It was not clear where the bodies came from.
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: M7 S6 f4 A# m% d6 H公仔箱論壇Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.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。' O7 x h5 `+ u2 x9 ]6 d( p
% N: f4 R) O- S5.39.217.76In 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./ D n& `1 ]7 d# {* J2 ^
1 r S9 r1 A4 }! Q$ {2 j9 S# r, \5.39.217.76But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.5 _ I# [) N8 Q l
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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 that8 `4 [9 g! B6 {: Z9 p, J7 p* B" D
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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 ritual公仔箱論壇- n8 Q1 {2 V+ j
1 g+ x: P. B9 A! gKuen 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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4 v( ^5 M* P3 Z5.39.217.76Police had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services./ g7 R, [7 T5 ^! D% p3 R
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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.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。. s8 A- l. J0 s8 q9 m, V* ^
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3 N9 ]; |5 g0 \/ l: B/ I3 a+ `( c5.39.217.76Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
, I3 R2 x% z8 f- a( ZBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.5.39.217.76# j0 R2 u y f5 N( }# Y$ D) ?
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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.
2 a! k( G7 n- z6 m. c) wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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