Chinese Business on Babies
Pills made from the dried meat of dead babies brought to South Korea for consumption as medicine
South Korean border guards on the border with China seized several thousand capsules filled with powder from the flesh of dead babies, which are believed to restore lost health.
The business was set up by ethnic Koreans living in northeast China who set up the production of "medicine" from children whose bodies were cut into small pieces and dried in an oven and then ground into powder, a Korean customs official said. Officials declined to say where the children died or who ordered the capsules, citing possible diplomatic friction with Beijing. Customs officials have foiled 35 attempts to smuggle the capsules across the border since last August, seizing 17,450 capsules. Customs officials thought the capsules contained ordinary anabolic steroids and were unaware of their scary contents. The capsules were transported in their luggage by mail. They were all confiscated, but no one was punished because the stated price was small and they were not intended for sale, the official said.
The Chinese police have launched an investigation.
Based on foreign press for ForTrader.org