Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual' l- f* V( o2 j1 B2 Y( f2 Y
2 ^ `/ z( Q8 ~ o. [8 Q' dA 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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+ V8 @! D2 [* l; ?, AChow 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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' j. j+ a! p7 p6 [5 yIt is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.5.39.217.76; }% z! Z9 ~2 Z. v
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' h' @7 T1 V# W; F# EHuman 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,bttvb5 T) W3 A) B" m+ I
4 R0 y( d! k8 w5.39.217.76'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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It was not clear where the bodies came from.
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+ J" Y8 t2 o! {. t4 E- f$ `3 W/ {+ u公仔箱論壇Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.公仔箱論壇3 n+ `$ S. f L: P% h1 P
+ i7 z) `- {% U8 D( m( Q @7 fIn 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' q* |- h% o, s! N
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But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.3 w6 T( m, u0 U
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& E- Q! f$ l7 }2 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。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
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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 ritual5.39.217.768 [( _2 }7 v/ v, k" m/ U8 a
~8 g8 h. ^& kKuen 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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3 @# f) J$ F% @8 h8 x* qTVBNOW 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.
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: t `( Y/ V9 tTVBNOW 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." k4 j" C$ M7 _# _. @1 g$ O$ n
) j; \/ z2 w$ [4 uTVBNOW 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。
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Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.
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3 B/ k; r5 W, Q& Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKuen 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.
& x ^0 {+ ]- ^& O C& F'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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