Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual公仔箱論壇) H4 K6 j% g* g$ y6 }
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 u3 C4 w; R2 W( W
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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.公仔箱論壇; z3 z# L4 Z7 S8 o8 I B
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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.
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8 A: q! o7 T0 w5 r: {# a* UIt was not clear where the bodies came from.
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( O5 ~- r- ~1 A3 C$ |. VPolice said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.9 C" V* J/ w; P; |; Y* C. O
# g: T: x9 \5 u/ E4 r* {: Btvb 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.
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But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.tvboxnow.com+ B b. d0 d2 ~. k* B/ z5 Z
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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 ritualtvboxnow.com. e8 r& t' [) H" T! x- O, f
+ f; U6 N$ |) q9 RKuen 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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Police 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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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 o G) x p3 S3 i+ T2 L' e
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.tvboxnow.com. M- H# y Y' j/ P4 | n
'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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9 v/ y! d$ W: j'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'公仔箱論壇$ t2 a4 K4 f8 u. n* H1 Z1 @* {1 [
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