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Thailand: More than 100 dead baby foetuses found in temple
* From: AFP
* November 16, 2010 11:49PM
THE bodies of more than 100 human foetuses, apparently from an illegal
abortion clinic, were discovered inside a Buddhist temple in central
Bangkok.
The corpses, wrapped in plastic bags and newspaper, were found by a
member of temple staff in a mortuary storage area.
"There are more than 100 plastic bags with foetal corpses inside hidden
in the storehouse of a temple," said Police Colonel Metee Rakphan.
"We assume that they were from illegal abortion clinics, and we are now
investigating."
One rescue worker with the Poh Teck Tung foundation, a charity that
provides emergency rescue and body recovery services, suggested that
hundreds of corpses could eventually be uncovered.
"Our figure we received a moment ago is 240, but we think that there
are between 300 to 500 foetuses as we have only searched half the
area," he said.
Buddhist temples in Thailand not only perform cremation ceremonies, but
also store bodies in specially refrigerated areas.
Abortion is illegal in Thailand except when it is judged that delivery
would harm the mother or when the pregnancy is the result of rape.
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