Potent and powderful capsules from China...!!!

[kopiuncle]

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea has intensified a crackdown on the smuggling of capsules from China containing the powdered flesh of dead babies, taken by some as a cure for disease or a way to boost sexual performance, a customs official said on Tuesday.

The gruesome practice came to light on Sunday when Korea Customs said it had uncovered 35 attempts to import a total of 17,451 such capsules since August 2011.

The pills - filled with the dried and powdered flesh of foetuses or dead infants - were intercepted in the mail or in customs searches at airports.

The customs service said that apart from ethical questions the capsules were contaminated with 'super bacteria' and other disease-causing organisms.

 

[kopiuncle]

BEIJING (AP) - China will reinvestigate allegations that Chinese-made drug capsules containing powdered remains of dead babies are being smuggled into South Korea, state media reported on Tuesday.

Ministry of Health spokesman Deng Haihua said an investigation launched last August found no proof that such capsules were being manufactured in China, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Some people believe the capsules can cure a variety of diseases.

Mr Deng said in a statement that China would investigate again following new reports of such pills being smuggled into South Korea, Xinhua reported. The statement was not posted on the ministry's website and calls to the ministry rang unanswered.

The Korea Customs Service said on Monday it had seized capsules made in north-eastern China from dead babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried on stoves before being turned into powder.