Thai police arrested a British citizen yesterday after the bodies of six babies thought to have been used in a black magic ritual were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room.
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. Authorities believe he was trying to smuggle the corpses to Taiwan.
“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. It was not clear where the bodies came from.
Police had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic services. – (Reuters)