Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual5.39.217.76: r% C5 l( Z: `/ X
$ ?5 ^- g) W, R9 v' f6 Y# |# zA British man was arrested today with a suitcase full of dead babies thought to have been used in a black magic rituals in Thailand.7 M& Q( _8 i1 k' O2 y: R
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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.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。7 }5 ]& k* H1 |6 S" u$ W
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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
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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.5.39.217.76 I# _" i& D% t. H" G/ V
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It was not clear where the bodies came from.. Q! e9 S0 B& f+ _
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Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb N8 r7 I( b9 a J
0 p. Y+ o1 G2 z. O6 Z& }9 n, Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn 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.% j' z4 J$ O5 N1 M1 Q) W4 A9 r
. E& M6 W1 T# {8 J3 [! Y% U5 W7 Q, TBut instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.
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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 that5.39.217.76# z$ t8 ]1 q. i& O* f- o' j. `
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) z* x7 `8 W% N! ZTVBNOW 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: 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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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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' B+ v4 s: z( ~5.39.217.76Police 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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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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2 J0 Z$ d) X7 u F& ]$ 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。Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
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, ]) o& v. g8 ^" o9 w% PKuen 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.
# E2 l7 A$ n3 P0 ?'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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