US EditionMalaysia charges 4 Thais over the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015
- Four Thai citizens are set to be charged under Malaysia's anti-trafficking laws over mass graves and transit camps for refugees found along the Thai-Malaysian border more than eight years ago.
- The graves contained more than 100 victims of human trafficking, mostly Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, and the four men, aged between 30 and 58, were among 10 that Malaysia had sought for extradition since 2017.
- An inquiry found "gross negligence" by border patrols in failing to notice the camps, and an independent report suggested local connivance or cooperation by individuals linked to trafficking syndicates.
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Malaysia charges 4 Thais over mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015
Four Thai nationals were charged Friday under Malaysia's anti-trafficking laws in connection with the 2015 discovery of mass graves believed to be of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis held in camps in a hilly jungle area on the country's border with Thailand. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said in a statement that the four were among 10 Thai citizens the government had sought for extradition in 2017 over the tragedy at Wang Kelian in northern …
Malaysia charges four Thai men with people smuggling over mass graves
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday (Jun 23) charged four Thai nationals for smuggling migrants from Myanmar in a case related to the 2015 discovery of mass graves and suspected human trafficking camps at the country's border with Thailand, state news agency Bernama reported. A total of 139 graves and over tw
Malaysia charges 4 Thais over the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015
Four Thai nationals have been charged with human trafficking in a Malaysian court over the 2015 discovery of mass graves and human trafficking camps at the country’s border with Thailand.
Malaysia charges 4 Thais over the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015
FILE - Malaysian police forensic team members excavate an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian, Malaysia, on May 26, 2015. Four Thai nationals were charged Friday, June 23, 2023, under Malaysias anti-trafficking laws in connection with the 2015 discovery of mass graves believed to be of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis held in camps in a hilly jungle area on the countrys border with Thailand.(AP Photo…
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