Man Arrested In Bangkok After Six Fetuses Were Found Stuffed In Cartons

Hok Kuen Chow, 28, a Briton born in Hong Kong of Taiwanese parents, was held in the city’s Yaowarat area after police received a tip-off.

He is suspected of trying to smuggle the fetuses ranging from two to seven months. He planed to sell them when he got back to Taiwan to wealthy customers online.

Chow has reportedly admitted buying the bodies, which had been roasted dry and painted in gold leaf, for 200,000 baht (£4,040).

Back in Taiwan he could have sold them for six times that amount to rich clients who believe the fetuses will bring them good fortune. ‘The bodies are between the ages of two and seven months,’ said Wiwat Kumchumnan, of the police’s children and women protection unit.

‘Chow said he planned to sell the foetuses to clients who believe they will make them lucky and rich.
‘Some were found covered in gold leaf.’ Police said the bodies also had a variety of religious decoration and tattoos on them.

Chow faces one year in prison and a 2,000 baht (£40) fine if he is found guilty.