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.
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^& |5 s* Z: p, f% z公仔箱論壇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.
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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 arrested公仔箱論壇$ x6 G2 u. ~7 y
& l- ~% V/ P! [/ C7 v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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ A# T. \1 i2 ~
- K/ d8 L8 E( X% t3 @5 q. 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.- B: T5 d8 @& W! }
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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.) ?8 G, e- o& T) @ b' \' H
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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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2 B3 d" g" o1 n- F4 tGrim 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 ritualtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- T% _1 c2 V$ t% ?% a% P
) i1 J) y' t' K3 Q1 [% w5 |1 y8 aKuen 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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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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$ k6 B8 k: t; u! }Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
0 j* c+ k3 A( y( xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.8 ~1 r3 }2 c$ o- E) p% [ f% S
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Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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7 k' {+ ]5 s& E: [5.39.217.76A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
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