Thai police arrest man with suitcase full of gold plated babies set to be used in 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。3 s/ {$ H0 E& {) W" b: V" P
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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.公仔箱論壇% V `) C9 X. j- b
4 {( O* h% i _. j& y1 IChow 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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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.www2.tvboxnow.com- E8 u s# Q3 O# @& y
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It was not clear where the bodies came from.2 h* W1 r( v6 S3 l
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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.www2.tvboxnow.com2 j+ @) _1 F# w" [
0 A1 Q4 B( b3 U# \. L公仔箱論壇But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.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。2 K& B8 z7 B- S$ L; F
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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.
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$ s( a/ W8 }0 o2 J8 NThe 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.www2.tvboxnow.com8 i2 n) r# W/ P; w) W
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Macabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
6 ] ?$ I c9 N8 k% v2 j# ]www2.tvboxnow.comBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.* p% B: T# E0 ^( k6 x; e( _
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& A: h! k* q' S1 ~1 O9 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
$ j/ U8 u7 L$ j'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.'
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