Mass Grave Of 24 Suspected Human Trafficking Victims Found In Malaysia
KABUL: (Middle East Press) A mass grave of total 24 suspected human trafficking victims were discovered by Malaysian police near the border with Thailand, police said on Sunday.
The remains were uncovered on Saturday in the Bukit Wang Burma area in the heavily forested region covering northern Malaysia and southern Thailand.
“Following on from the operation in which we found … bodies of illegal immigrants, 24 more bodies have been found and dug up,” police said in a statement, adding that the remains had been handed over to medical experts.
The bodies most likely belong to refugees from Myanmar, members of the persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority, Police Chief Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told the Malaysian Insider.
A major human trafficking path goes across the Thai-Malaysian border. The criminals transport people from Myanmar and Bangladesh to southeastern Asia.
