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.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。4 q. j# T6 C; e Z z/ S
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& C, Q" Z' \: }. V1 _& R: E6 ~& Z
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It is thought he was trying to smuggle the corpses into Taiwan.7 Q4 v3 Z8 A/ v$ G" t( G. A
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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.
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/ `7 r8 A# {+ Y/ d0 HIt was not clear where the bodies came from.
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Police said the corpses had a number of religious threads and tattoos on them.www2.tvboxnow.com- L( W1 ]: k9 R2 ]2 c: e+ Q: |/ R
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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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" A5 W" W: o1 {) I$ \) F: _3 `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。But instead of burying them, they are roasted dry and covered with a lacquer before being painted with gold leaf.
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& t$ K7 H. P( _0 G$ S& nTVBNOW 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。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 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。" e: W: \: j( T' l8 T- {
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1 |# Y5 G! |2 _( k, i3 F5 IGrim: The corpses had a number of religious threads on them and they are thought to have undergone a black magic ritual. O/ o8 Q x7 R+ ^8 U# ]+ @
C+ Z: E2 X9 b S6 wwww2.tvboxnow.comKuen 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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Police 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$ d5 Q3 ^" i7 b' T
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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.www2.tvboxnow.com$ ]& p8 w+ W) O2 |9 p: u
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4 S F, ~/ e& X3 \- e6 iMacabre: Thai police show the human remains at a news conference after British citizen Chow Hok Kuen was arrested
. b4 q1 `4 o1 l4 ]4 u0 b- X; D/ M! Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBlack magic rituals are still practised in Thailand, where street-side fortune tellers offer ceremonies to reverse bad luck.
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Kuen faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht fine (£40) if he is found guilty.
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9 z- `4 D; ^' _- b' W5 \A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed they were looking into the incident.
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# @( c' R, g0 ]7 p9 F4 l公仔箱論壇'We stand ready to provide consular assistance.'
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