THAILAND - Thai police on Friday (01/05/2015), discovered a mass grave in an abandoned camp in the woods of southern Thailand. The grave is believed to contain the bodies of the boat people and immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The mass grave was in a camp abandoned in a forest in Sadao district, Songkhla province bordering Malaysia. The discovery came at a time when the Thai army promised to eradicate human trafficking in the region.
This area is frequented by traffickers who run the camp for migrants. Police and rescue workers found more than 30 graves. Most of the Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar and Bangladesh are trafficked to Thailand.
Police Colonel Anuchon Chamat who is the Deputy Commander of Nakorn Si Thammarat Provincial Police said four bodies had been exhumed. The excavation process will continue, as reported by Mirorr.
The mass grave was the first in Thailand. Around 200 soldiers, police and rescue workers to evacuate at this location.
One Bangladeshi citizen emaciated found alive and being treated at a hospital near Padang Besar. Another well-jasab bodies left to rot in the open without burial.
This discovery highlights the brutality of human trafficking. Every year thousands of Ronghiya and Bangladeshi boat people arriving in Thailand brought smugglers. Thailand and Malaysia border region is known to have many secret camps in the jungle to detain illegal immigrants
This area is frequented by traffickers who run the camp for migrants. Police and rescue workers found more than 30 graves. Most of the Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar and Bangladesh are trafficked to Thailand.
Police Colonel Anuchon Chamat who is the Deputy Commander of Nakorn Si Thammarat Provincial Police said four bodies had been exhumed. The excavation process will continue, as reported by Mirorr.
The mass grave was the first in Thailand. Around 200 soldiers, police and rescue workers to evacuate at this location.
One Bangladeshi citizen emaciated found alive and being treated at a hospital near Padang Besar. Another well-jasab bodies left to rot in the open without burial.
This discovery highlights the brutality of human trafficking. Every year thousands of Ronghiya and Bangladeshi boat people arriving in Thailand brought smugglers. Thailand and Malaysia border region is known to have many secret camps in the jungle to detain illegal immigrants
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