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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" A2 `4 q6 ^9 N* {1 l- Z- j
- v+ q$ V4 d" U' CChow 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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# h6 u3 T& |, Q P) g7 m( l9 pTVBNOW 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。It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.os.tvboxnow.com1 u2 y1 u; C3 q, F8 }$ H5 u
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2 o ]4 W7 U3 [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( D& W8 g$ J" g; UTVBNOW 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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7 A$ W" s. {3 vTVBNOW 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。It was not clear where the bodies came from.os.tvboxnow.com9 p% G" \* h6 t
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7 n: D: O, ~, P5 dIn 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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9 D' m' ?+ s% R; e }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.2 } I* z. }8 n4 }8 d, B
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# g: M# O. n# Vos.tvboxnow.comGrim 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 thatTVBNOW 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% J# y E; O' V" w
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* B2 t' o: n+ u \+ _6 L* Vos.tvboxnow.comGrim: The corpses had a number of religious threads on them and they are thought to have undergone a black magic ritual3 }/ X1 q1 X4 S! T/ t9 B
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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。% N3 C, D$ Q) @& }7 G) @+ V7 s/ c
: X% O$ N! n4 [0 ^; f9 t1 xPolice had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services.公仔箱論壇# A/ I2 q. \; g5 K! h: G' K: y: x
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- i8 b O5 r3 n& D" |
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/ N; T' N# D& H) m; e- l2 }' VMacabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested4 _3 s! ?( P( T2 D* y0 x
Black magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.
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, _: x8 C2 H: k1 K6 NKuen 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.
- R/ l0 g! f& M1 L'We can confirm the arrest of a British national in Bangkok on 18 May,' he said.
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'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 a) }/ {( J" }
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