Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual
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' S) c" ]/ T6 W$ c, W8 z8 v gA 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.公仔箱論壇) m. O/ M& }7 V8 t5 N
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.5.39.217.762 u9 s" C& _. B5 G# K1 A/ K
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! k9 e4 v4 h* }! p G公仔箱論壇Human remains: Two of the six foetuses wrapped in gold leaf which were seized by police in Bangkok, Thailand. A British man has been arrestedTVBNOW 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。& \ s- A2 _6 K4 c2 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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, F0 X1 C* p/ j7 S1 w公仔箱論壇It 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 u+ H' C- z( [; S! `
6 G% `0 F5 k. x v+ Z0 ?1 SIn 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.
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9 ^ [/ _. \8 n' B# f* a8 BGrim 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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Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.1 C( O7 ^/ l. D4 l! v9 i! p& Q$ w
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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.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。- b- s- p7 k( ]5 S3 v' H
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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.% K; J" I7 `: o1 y
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Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' u. V, l. F% w$ f+ y" J2 s" s
$ n, [" K( P0 i( e6 H+ Y5.39.217.76Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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% a- I! _' K; E7 @5 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' m8 }3 z3 g) t3 H
'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.公仔箱論壇& [# j6 m! L5 g
$ \$ b$ T& O4 O& c, P'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'
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