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Si Quey's name was then folded into the cultural lexicon and used as a warning from parents to children: if you misbehave, Si Quey will come and get you.

The final resting place for Si Quey's ashes is yet to be determined.

But on Thursday, Si Quey's body was finally cremated in the Thai city of Nonthaburi as nine Buddhist monks chanted prayers and placed flowers by his coffin.

Si Quey had come to be deemed the country's first serial killer.

The story splashed graphically across newspapers at the time, detailing how Si Quey had confessed to acquiring a taste for human flesh -- hearts, liver and intestines -- throughout World War II as a young Chinese soldier forced to survive on rotting bodies.