Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritualtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% O/ q E$ p" a6 |3 Q- e0 d
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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.5.39.217.766 ^8 B6 ?9 n% ~. B+ ^/ _, W
6 _) P; K, y$ t/ x; W! }* ^5.39.217.76Chow 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.+ p* g6 L0 L/ @* \. s
M4 K. E6 n! P2 l, J5.39.217.76It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.
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' ~0 ]! S L( S. R3 s2 I1 MHuman remains: Two of the six foetuses wrapped in gold leaf which were seized by police in Bangkok, Thailand. A British man has been arrested公仔箱論壇* a( j. P; U% ?$ ?4 S, g8 w
$ I# Z7 h2 v: t6 S* I公仔箱論壇'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.2 }5 c% V/ c( ^ z1 {: ]: V) B( m
! X: G4 E& \: R$ K9 H% c% [It was not clear where the bodies came from.
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9 q; p1 M, o7 `6 k+ K8 U! N# I) Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.
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' }+ O! \1 r9 W0 H9 D" u3 YTVBNOW 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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But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.1 z% X& u. v5 j. J
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A. G* A$ T, W; H4 f5 q, KGrim 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公仔箱論壇, @/ C7 C( v( Y+ s ]
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6 P/ M% u/ e6 r; fGrim: 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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. {/ Z$ W% a8 zKuen 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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. n' a W2 y* Q6 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。Police had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 P/ n' ?2 p W
3 F% c% }* d w9 g/ m6 h0 b* R" iTVBNOW 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 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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9 j' }2 d2 h d ]8 P" ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
8 ` E$ ~" v/ \2 I# @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.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。3 k, z4 N3 s: q
/ Y# k7 l; w) e3 R5.39.217.76Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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8 a( E8 F7 D& @3 J" L) j+ mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
/ A. b0 o4 I* I# C. z& ~'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.公仔箱論壇( j6 ~" U1 u( e* Y- A% E
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。5 m B" M7 u% \# H# M
'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'
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