Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritual
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8 L ^! c0 o; `, T- ^2 BA 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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" L# q$ |/ J/ N( P* U6 ~It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.www.tvboxnow.com0 U" x0 P- l+ H5 u+ t5 J' l6 Y0 m
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) b/ ]6 m6 R. t% x# gtvb 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.
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It was not clear where the bodies came from.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。5 V1 h/ \0 o2 }" s% `
9 D1 y6 K4 n$ v0 ITVBNOW 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。Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.+ v; t3 q! K+ L) P) \
' k- l( s( ~ ~7 Z8 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。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.8 W- _" X6 Y$ {( x0 p/ e& U
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But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.- R4 m2 V0 H8 L$ o3 e( M" V
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1 m6 q& p2 m5 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGrim 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 that0 h& k( O8 d5 P3 p/ {1 \* X+ G
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+ L6 t3 D# y7 K, ~* Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGrim: The corpses had a number of religious threads on them and they are thought to have undergone a black magic ritualTVBNOW 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# I+ g: C6 S. j$ `
5 C, K+ a/ N7 B8 q, f; K' KKuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.www.tvboxnow.com% T/ J' ^: |+ R4 P
1 H8 @- u, N6 s. H1 f/ zwww.tvboxnow.comPolice had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! x1 G% J) s& v3 T* N+ Y
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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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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
( k1 i1 ?) M, S* dwww.tvboxnow.comBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.8 G' n. U7 Z' a" |6 ~
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Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.公仔箱論壇( h! k0 M* ?$ i
- K$ c5 P3 f# ~" V6 f& m( ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
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% S2 O7 A! K$ h* N0 Pwww.tvboxnow.com'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'
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