標題: [亞洲] Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual [打印本頁] 作者: vandas 時間: 2012-5-19 05:16 AM 標題: Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual
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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. 8 _0 W6 A2 g/ N! c / Z" q& ~$ Z& |2 I, |! o1 V5.39.217.76Chow 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.公仔箱論壇6 S$ F' L, P8 G, t J$ f
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tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' O& f0 N) j5 l8 a3 M7 i$ Q' ?6 Z - A. ~. o1 L }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 ' V/ M1 O3 C& d6 h5.39.217.76 ! g- a* d# W6 k4 J% H, B1 Q4 mTVBNOW 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。'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. " X: T. \" a2 q4 S; J , F c: @0 X% G7 g$ ]+ Y/ B8 a& wIt was not clear where the bodies came from. - ^4 W3 g, U% [9 pTVBNOW 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 C3 v+ \+ c/ T4 D5 {7 {: _' WPolice said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them. ; O5 o( @+ S% f; m! }: s 5 U2 ^8 m2 U# Y- RIn 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. 6 w/ {7 `2 E) z/ _% Y: C' B5 E5.39.217.76 - G0 J$ I* T4 \, h公仔箱論壇But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf. 1 y2 m% [2 F& R: r( y- xTVBNOW 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。公仔箱論壇/ \: a( m& i' J* F ( T) z8 Z6 G0 n$ C# K, e9 T2 `
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, ^( V; M: s7 c n9 C. _
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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 ritual5 T9 _7 d2 M* a
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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. ' `! n' {+ m. A; n5 j: x 8 O' g i2 W; K jPolice had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services. $ H' E& V. |% t9 A5.39.217.76: C- K; x0 y% V# Q! ~
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.公仔箱論壇1 A/ s8 B) v! h" ~/ N0 {! f+ ^
5 J6 u7 O: }( {9 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + @$ V: ^& o! F, V+ D6 oMacabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested " E/ U. G' `: Y$ d; H1 CTVBNOW 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。Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* M' z8 W* C/ P+ @
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Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty. ' [. Q( U# o6 D! P+ J2 A# P6 e: _0 O( d+ I/ U; f/ L
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident. ) f( s3 ~) w. ] c* d+ a5.39.217.76'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said. 1 P: A( n4 }, m 5 k ]$ |* x( K! ~8 {公仔箱論壇'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'公仔箱論壇; @4 D; |9 U4 @1 H( T
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