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'Power tattoos' spark teen brawling

Published: 6 Nov 2012 at 14.03
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KALASIN – Police raided the home of a renowned tattooist after reports of several brawls involving his "disciples", who wanted to test their "bullet proof" tattoos, reports said.

Police on Tuesday arrested Boonyong Luang-Jumpol, also known as “Ajarn Ton”, and seized several guns, knives and pornographic CDs from his home in Yanglad district.

Ajarn Ton is a well known astrologer and claims to be a “sorcerer” tattooist. Many believed that people bearing his tattoos are invulnerable to gun shots and cannot be pierced by any knife or sword.

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rico
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Discussion 6 : 07 Nov 2012 at 16.206
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@ samut : most, if not all, thai people still wear amulets in all forms and styles to protect themselves. Monks stills bless people against all kinds of evil spirits and tutti quanti. These people should move forward too and stop believing in all this mumbo jumbo stuff.
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Discussion 5 : 07 Nov 2012 at 13.585
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Great the world moves forward these people move back centuries where tattoos have been believed to protect.
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Discussion 4 : 07 Nov 2012 at 08.534
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Maybe the fake guns were used to prove the efficacy of the tattoos.
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Discussion 3 : 07 Nov 2012 at 05.163
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Are these the same Isaan people that support Thaksin and UDD?
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Discussion 2 : 06 Nov 2012 at 14.562
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I would be interested to hear on what grounds they got the search warrant? If teens brawl then they should be arrested. Not the man who gave them their tatoos.
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Discussion 1 : 06 Nov 2012 at 14.291
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Errrm what century is it?
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