Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual _: M# w/ s8 r2 o4 T) y, k6 a& Z
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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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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.tvboxnow.com# K( K6 U' e" U( J3 ?
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.
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9 b, I$ i) z3 t9 a" w, l- b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 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.3 J5 b$ g, I. M, W; \
, M: z K: G7 u a. `) D+ rtvboxnow.comIt 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.tvboxnow.com4 e0 ^. [' r) v! @
: r. I% H l3 _; W( NIn 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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3 n( ^0 s5 \5 w( f3 G2 \% N公仔箱論壇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 ritual
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- G+ E/ e0 Z/ q, oTVBNOW 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。Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.+ R. ]& i- X, \
+ w8 E! r" F4 t" hPolice had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 }0 h" ~9 z7 S% g2 j
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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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% c6 v6 N: k: B& J6 rMacabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
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$ N9 p' f' Z6 k! k& RKuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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8 T1 q8 v0 u& U; e% [" E2 G7 [公仔箱論壇A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.tvboxnow.com3 \2 |' Y F; }6 u- n
'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he 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。: ?3 }8 W( G# D0 E% U& P" P5 E
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