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Published on Jan 25, 2016
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BY VICTORIA HO SINGAPORE
Source: Mashable.com
Airlines will no longer be able to sell tickets for passengers' child dolls after authorities discovered one was used to carry drugs.
Police in Chiang Mai, Thailand, found 200 methamphetamine "speed" pillsstuffed inside a child doll on Tuesday. The doll was discovered in a bag left at the airport carpark, and the owner has not yet been traced.
The incident triggered concerns that smugglers are jumping on the "child doll" fad in which people in Thailand treat the life-like dolls — known as look thep in Thai — as though they're human children. These dolls are clothed, fed and even anointed by monks in temples. They are believed to bring good luck to the owner.
Earlier this week, Thai Smile Airways said it would allow passengers to buy separate plane tickets for their dolls after customers complained that their dolls were treated as carry-on luggage when flight attendants requested they be stowed away during takeoff and landing, as per regulation.
But now the aviation authority wants the dolls to go through the same security scans as bags rather than as a ticketed passenger. Scanners for humans only detect metal on the body, which would allow a doll carrying drugs to pass through.
Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told the Bangkok Post that they're stymieing the doll trend because of the Chiang Mai drug incident — the first reported case of its kind in Thailand.
The child dolls, also called "angel child" dolls, are becoming more popular across the superstitious country, especially after a Thai celebrity claimed hislook thep "son" brought him jobs.
Before the dolls are sold, they go through a temple rite, which believers say invites the spirit of a dead child into the doll. The practice is derived from a traditional superstition in which believers pray to fetuses that have been aborted or were still-born in hopes that the spirits will bring them blessings.
Airlines will no longer be able to sell tickets for passengers' child dolls after authorities discovered one was used to carry drugs.
Police in Chiang Mai, Thailand, found 200 methamphetamine "speed" pillsstuffed inside a child doll on Tuesday. The doll was discovered in a bag left at the airport carpark, and the owner has not yet been traced.
The incident triggered concerns that smugglers are jumping on the "child doll" fad in which people in Thailand treat the life-like dolls — known as look thep in Thai — as though they're human children. These dolls are clothed, fed and even anointed by monks in temples. They are believed to bring good luck to the owner.
Earlier this week, Thai Smile Airways said it would allow passengers to buy separate plane tickets for their dolls after customers complained that their dolls were treated as carry-on luggage when flight attendants requested they be stowed away during takeoff and landing, as per regulation.
But now the aviation authority wants the dolls to go through the same security scans as bags rather than as a ticketed passenger. Scanners for humans only detect metal on the body, which would allow a doll carrying drugs to pass through.
Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told the Bangkok Post that they're stymieing the doll trend because of the Chiang Mai drug incident — the first reported case of its kind in Thailand.
The child dolls, also called "angel child" dolls, are becoming more popular across the superstitious country, especially after a Thai celebrity claimed hislook thep "son" brought him jobs.
Before the dolls are sold, they go through a temple rite, which believers say invites the spirit of a dead child into the doll. The practice is derived from a traditional superstition in which believers pray to fetuses that have been aborted or were still-born in hopes that the spirits will bring them blessings.
