Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual/ ~0 c+ K1 ]( C0 y X
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A 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.( {1 C1 v" J% g
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.
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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
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2 L+ i/ C" S7 [$ Z# i5 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.5.39.217.76+ t! t% C& a7 ?
8 p" ^& l0 F9 U; i$ t5.39.217.76It was not clear where the bodies came from.
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Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.公仔箱論壇- H! ^, Y% V) A3 C" Q# Y ^* K5 \
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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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$ T' v" S _8 k. s4 pBut instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.
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- l& }, b& { J5.39.217.76Grim 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 that5.39.217.767 y+ L/ K) ]+ K. B% N
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& b1 |7 I# N% z5.39.217.76Grim: 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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Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.5.39.217.76 w0 {9 n3 ^2 a! j N
S3 u7 g' h ~公仔箱論壇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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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
5 V3 Q. D( o0 L3 `, i) }Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.
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Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ ?( v5 L8 P" ]
* S6 H# E/ z9 v1 e, Z3 P& btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
+ Q& u2 R) h0 u R+ c0 v'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said., x5 @$ j$ y- A) s" N
6 R' m- h) t5 {% |6 @'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'
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