South Korea seizes drugs made from dead babies

[xchrom]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/south-korea-drugs-dead-babies

South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies, which some people believe can cure disease.

The capsules were made in north-east China from babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried on stoves before being turned into powder, the Korean customs service said.

Officials refused to say where the dead babies had come from or who made the capsules, citing possible diplomatic friction with Beijing. Last year, Chinese officials ordered an investigation into the production of drugs made from dead foetuses or newborns.

The customs service said it had discovered 35 attempts since August to smuggle a total of about 17,450 capsules.

[Ian David]

1. More government interference in "alternative medicine!"

See also:

Police arrest man selling freshly cut penis
<snip>
Police said Banda had admitted selling “many body parts to well known business personalities”. Many locals believe human parts can bring riches, and unscrupulous businessmen and witchdoctors pay thousands of kwachas to poor locals to kill people and mutilate their bodies.

More:
http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/world/11221-police-arrest-man-selling-freshly-cut-penis.html

[slackmaster]

2. Obviously an unintended consequence of Egypt stopping export of ground up mummies

[Marrah_G]

3. wtf............

WTF is wrong with people?

[snooper2]

7. They are ignorant and actually follow their holy books/traditions/mythology

If everybody in the U.S. followed everything in the bible you would see some REALLY fucked up shit happening around here as well LOL

[intaglio]

4. If true the practise is horrific but something doesn't smell right

It is the sort of thing the "Pro-life" lobby would manufacture in the hopes it would be picked up by gullible reports like some of those in "The Guardian"

I would like to see the SK Customs service comment directly - but I wouldn't hold my breath

[BlueToTheBone]

5. When I think humans can't become more evil

something like this comes along.

[kestrel91316]

6. More correctly, they seized capsules filled with human remains.

Not "drugs". No pharmaceuticals were involved.

[Lars77]

8. What the fuck.

Stupid superstitions have to end. They can eat eggs boiled in young boys urine for all i care as long as the boys arent hurt. But this is fucked up on so many levels. Makes me mad.