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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4 z: t: J, Z8 z0 utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChow 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.6 p* Y2 e, M( R1 {1 y( s6 g5 E
! a* C; ^9 E1 k8 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" S& d* M( I* s1 `9 g/ \( ^. ^
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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1 q5 f3 i5 ]( Y) F
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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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- K: I9 }7 R. d: S/ _% ~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.
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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.
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) @% K# {# i- TBut instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 d8 E; v8 y* S; ~# `
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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 that
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" t7 ~4 i {1 l9 G5 HKuen 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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; C1 Z% Q8 D8 H* B# Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrestedtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- c0 p8 p7 U+ j6 q, E ^4 v& f
Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.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。- H- ^ @9 g; W8 E: T* k, J
0 ]* E! ^: J( B) Q1 Ztvboxnow.comKuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.tvboxnow.com$ x- `8 z' {/ S5 A5 g9 a7 x
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.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 ~% g3 U( [; j
'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.公仔箱論壇' g; z( @0 {4 f2 s( @; ? M
6 D0 \# B, M) H" ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'
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