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.# `( z% k1 i: L9 y! P* G& S% S
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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.公仔箱論壇( ~; G$ I* X+ c7 X" j+ R
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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 arrestedtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% Z! ] @ `2 r5 Z# u7 L
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'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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4 h) V! q4 S$ o" u) a5.39.217.76It was not clear where the bodies came from.公仔箱論壇3 F( |6 u6 H7 b
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Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.# |, R; B3 V% _
8 f* H7 e; r3 Q5 RTVBNOW 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。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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2 j# j/ ]# \6 U. `% T# X2 vBut instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.
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3 c/ E7 P. Y4 i( MGrim 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 thatTVBNOW 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。/ _2 l9 w% y* H, h- Q3 p& m
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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 ritual2 e: z! n+ s- b( x
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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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. g+ h1 e! d) r公仔箱論壇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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q! d2 z4 Z! J* Y4 Z公仔箱論壇Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
% N: y% _. w5 t5 Q5.39.217.76Black 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.) j& T' ~' c* Z7 U* t
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
! C/ `" ]) _" z, l- Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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3 i. ]& H. ^. a! L. v'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'5.39.217.765 X. U- ]3 i% z2 m2 B
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