South Korea cracks down on human flesh capsules from China

AP

(AP) SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies, which some people believe can cure disease, officials said Monday.

The capsules were made in northeastern China from babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried on stoves before being turned into powder, the Korea Customs Service said.

Customs officials refused to say where the dead babies came from or who made the capsules, citing possible diplomatic friction with Beijing. Chinese officials ordered an investigation into the production of drugs made from dead fetuses or newborns last year.

The customs office has discovered 35 smuggling attempts since August of about 17,450 capsules disguised as stamina boosters, and some people believe them to be a panacea for disease, the customs service said in a statement. The capsules of human flesh, however, contained bacteria and other harmful ingredients.

The smugglers told customs officials they believed the capsules were ordinary stamina boosters and did not know the ingredients or manufacturing process.

Ethnic Koreans from northeastern China who now live in South Korea were intending to use the capsules themselves or share them with other Korean-Chinese, a customs official said. They were carried in luggage or sent by international mail.

The capsules were all confiscated but no one has been punished because the amount was deemed small and they weren't intended for sale, said the customs official, who requested anonymity, citing department rules.

China's State Food and Drug Administration and its Health Ministry did not immediately respond to questions faxed to them Monday. Chinese media identify northeastern China as the source of such products, especially Jilin province which abuts North Korea.

The Jilin food and drug safety agency is responsible for investigating the trade of such remains there. Calls to the agency and to the information office of Jilin's Communist Party were not answered Monday.

The South Korean customs agency began investigating after receiving a tip a year ago. No sicknesses have been reported from ingesting the capsules.

[UForgotPoland]

Disgusting! Contrary to what some anthropologists might think, some cultural custom need to die off!

[Filmguy870]

GROSS!!!

[kroguej]

Eh, I was talking about S. Korea, not China.

[fedup12]

Freaking disgusting.

How stupid are these people.

[KnowerseekerReturns]

This is what happens when Jesus is shut out of an entire nation.

[kroguej]

On the other hand if you look at every other stat crime, drug use, education level, etc they are far ahead of the US. The do all that with only a smattering of Jesus.

[kroguej]

I was talking about S Korea, not China

[kalizhada]

In all honesty American companies like Pepsi, Loreal, Maybeline, etc., have never denied using similar byproducts in experimental product development. So why should we think the Chinese wouldn't be doing it also. This is 100% wrong and despicable and reason that human race is destined for extinction.

[Hungry247]

Im hungry

[Devlyn13]

we need to cut ties with china!!!!!! enough is enough they make toys with lead in them for our children make tainted food for humans and dogs . they proberly get the baby remains from all the girl children they kill cause boys are more important . kill the girls so maybe the next baby will be a boy these people are sick sick sick.

[streetswise]

This is nothing but BS propaganda made to try and once again dehumanize the enemy making okay for us to go kill them without remorse. Total BS.

[gnimelf1968]

Yeah right, these are the same people that will ingest anything that they are told is an aphrodesiac. If someone told them powdered dog poop makes you ***** they'd eat it. I never understand why people who are not allowed to have more than one kid want to have sex so much. I'm pretty sure all the weird stuff they ingest is part of the reason for all the weird diseases that are over there too.

[erasmus111]

This is just further proof that there is something seriously wrong with China. They poisoned the pet food, poisoned baby formula, and they put toxic chemicals in everything they make. They shove pipes down pigs throats and pour sewage down them, to fatten them up for sale! Oh, and let's not forget that they went around and beat everyone's dog to death because they were afraid of rabies. Now, if they felt the necessity to kill them (even though they didn't have rabies), they could have done it more humanely. OR, and this is the biggy, they could have given them all a freaking RABIES SHOT!

I wonder how many babies are actually killed just so they can make that powder? Big bucks to be made. The Chinese government says they are looking into it. Hahahahahaha, yeah, only because the world has heard about it now. I'm quite sure they knew about it before.

[erasmus111]

Hey, I've always known that the U.S. lives in the dark ages and are barbarians. That's why I'm glad I don't live there. It's YOUR country, not mine.