Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual
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# ?' ~ D9 P. c, K# LA 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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' T! a b" W) n6 d* Z' `% DChow 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.+ I! l5 j$ y: s" _) I1 U
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.8 D! m0 I B. a F( U s9 ?. V
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' Z& m9 c6 i `2 [0 r4 S5.39.217.76Human 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.
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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.公仔箱論壇; {+ h7 \( e# Y7 _
- x) Z- u* L9 X5 l5 F5.39.217.76In 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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7 ~( e5 D2 n6 Q' `5 B5.39.217.76But 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 thatTVBNOW 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。/ ]+ z- O* J+ ^+ Z, N' h, _& f, w
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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 ritual
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+ I& Z4 b6 |7 c4 N# D5.39.217.76Police 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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/ b" l. @2 W( d+ ?, j公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇/ w: L ^5 `, h6 ~/ c$ |; M( D
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! a4 b2 C' l8 y7 b7 P8 k! n7 I5 e2 T! Q0 E5.39.217.76Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested5 @; B. S% |) ~6 Y. a# t+ e
Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.
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% i( I& _: p' {9 m$ l4 itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.( V2 z% Z! a6 G S
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.0 z0 [+ H2 e) l9 Z3 \& `
'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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