Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritualtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: a! A+ G: X/ {. A$ O* \; o5 P/ d
0 W/ @% h6 W7 a3 N# U- v R& x4 k6 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 P6 z3 ^/ V- \% D
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6 r% l# g8 ^! btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHuman 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.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。# n& \) O: E+ I/ P7 c: K
( f% l3 n, P4 i; ?- H0 j8 Q3 Z& v. ?It was not clear where the bodies came from.) `( @ X" p, T
* M) Y% u& |9 W8 {, _公仔箱論壇Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.. q, _. l# D _0 f" a
( [/ q( W. o- s$ hTVBNOW 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。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.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。% R/ H0 V, O$ J- g- F
& l1 z0 w3 }" a! p9 ?2 bBut 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 thattvboxnow.com+ M& i d; E5 d# Q& b
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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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" w8 C' k0 h. f7 S' 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。Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.公仔箱論壇, N% Q# G% u3 k x
8 L- ~0 k9 Q% Q2 d& i" G3 ZPolice had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services.5 a. \" O/ z" K- D8 e2 \, h3 n
3 g4 Y' r& R, z. x h7 h9 @0 xThe 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.6 _; I* {7 n9 B3 g! k
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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
+ y( e: Y1 p5 q# x, S& y公仔箱論壇Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.
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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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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
' Y' M1 U. c' G. Z/ O! Ytvboxnow.com'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.公仔箱論壇( w6 C+ ~. @- \1 q
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