Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in black magic ritualtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 s2 T( P) ?6 h0 _
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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.
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) s# P9 [8 j( h( C, S0 DIt is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.os.tvboxnow.com( y( j$ f8 m" X; C, U
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' d" L, P6 l9 _. v# Xtvb 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公仔箱論壇1 E4 F1 z' Y, G2 q+ u6 I1 q9 [, s7 m
" t6 A/ O7 Y% g9 T. fTVBNOW 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。'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.os.tvboxnow.com$ u! \+ l+ Z* z% m( s/ o
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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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4 p' K8 I, Y3 Q2 v2 O" ~. eBut 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 that
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Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel.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。" s7 L* H0 b* A( R
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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.7 M+ R: X5 s9 u6 T3 Q- U
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: P$ S* i2 L7 Z9 Wos.tvboxnow.comMacabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrestedtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: t3 C8 r6 B ^6 c
Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% ^5 A$ g/ E2 W2 a B! p
4 B3 T% M) O, F% l4 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKuen 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.
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5 ]. p: T- b5 P" Z3 v公仔箱論壇'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% P( n( F$ V- d! R
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