AFP November 16, 2010
BANGKOK - The bodies of more than 340 human fetuses, apparently from an illegal abortion clinic, were discovered inside a Buddhist temple in central Bangkok, Thai police said Tuesday.
A total of 348 corpses, wrapped in plastic bags and newspaper, were found by a member of temple staff in a mortuary storage area.
Police Colonel Metee Rakphan said plastic bags were found "with fetal corpses inside hidden in the storehouse of a temple".
"We assume that they were from illegal abortion clinics, and we are now investigating," he told AFP, adding that they were questioning the temple mortician.
One rescue worker with the Poh Teck Tung foundation, a charity that provides emergency rescue and body recovery services, said up to 500 fetuses could eventually be uncovered.
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.
From: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/More+than+dead+fetuses+found+Thai+temple/3835362/story.html
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