Human babies 'chopped, dried and powdered to make pills'
Thousands of drugs 'made from human baby flesh' smuggled into South Korea, claim customs service
THOUSANDS of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh have reportedly been seized by the South Korea Customs Service.
The drugs capsules are said to have been made from babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried in medical microwaves before being turned into powder.
Chinese media claim the drugs are made in north-east China, including the Jilin region close to North Korea. According to The Daily Telegraph, Chinese officials ordered an investigation into the production of drugs made from dead foetuses and newborns last year. But South Korea's customs say they have seized more than 17,000 capsules in 35 smuggling attempts since last August.
The drugs were disguised as stamina boosters and seen by some as a cure-all medication but actually contain harmful ingredients, such as super bacteria.
There are yet to be any arrests over the drugs, which were carried in luggage or sent by international mail, as the smugglers claimed they did not know anything about the ingredients or manufacturing process. The amount of drugs was also deemed small enough by customs officials to not be intended for sale.
A South Korean documentary last year claimed that some Chinese hospitals and abortion clinics were passing on human baby remains to drugs companies when a baby was stillborn or aborted. The companies that purchase the baby corpses were even said to store them in family refrigerators of those involved in the trade to avoid suspicion.
The documentary team, which managed to track down some of the capsules and run DNA tests on them, found that the pills were 99.7 per cent human. The tests also found remnants of hair and nails, and could even identify the gender of the baby.
China's Ministry of Health today said it would investigate the reports in Jilin and a spokesman insisted: "Any practice that handles the remains as medical waste is strictly prohibited."
However, one professor at the Third Hospital of Jilin University told China's state newspaper China Daily that he had never heard of such cases in his two-decade career. Professor Zhang said: "It's hard to comment, because it looks like a rumour. This is impossible from my professional judgment." ·
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