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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' N2 \2 l. }8 o( p8 PChow 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.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。$ ]7 x; y0 a# F
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.) |4 b) r5 {3 U
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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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- H! v w6 h) `5 k3 L+ jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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。) i; t! v$ }" F @3 `
; Y1 @4 d' Z }; u; J公仔箱論壇It was not clear where the bodies came from.
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2 |9 d! c$ }) M$ U4 sPolice said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.os.tvboxnow.com7 @" s8 G& j" S
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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.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。/ P0 T1 Q. l% ] x
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But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.
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- h# O9 ?9 o9 z! m! Ytvb 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 that) n0 ? E1 i9 W4 M0 c: ]
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4 S( b% R/ |7 I6 A2 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGrim: 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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Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, in Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel./ E3 K/ V' f+ l
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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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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrestedtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 h% ?! n* S, e( W# i5 H7 U. T
Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.os.tvboxnow.com1 n' t4 S4 d t z! u0 a+ j5 } G
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% F$ g- f8 q/ } a9 z& V {9 n7 {A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.os.tvboxnow.com1 B3 ]" f! `* H+ y
'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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6 ]3 j' H( t: Y公仔箱論壇'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'公仔箱論壇6 z- l* f/ p% K3 {8 T
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