26 bodies found in a human trafficking camp in Thailand

Thai police have discovered a mass grave containing 26 bodies of victims in a human trafficking camp in a southern Thai province.

Reuters quoted Thai police on May 2 as saying that initially, when they started digging the above-mentioned grave in Sadao district of Songkhal province on May 1, they only discovered 5 bodies. After continuing to dig, they discovered 21 more bodies believed to be those of people who crossed the border from Myanmar and Bangladesh into Thailand.

Rescue workers dig for bodies of people buried in mass graves (AP Photo)

Thai officials said that there are still 3 lucky survivors in this human trafficking camp, including 3 children.

“We have found 26 bodies, including 24 men and one woman, the remaining person has not been specifically identified,” said General Jarumporn Suramanee of the Thai National Police.

These illegal immigrants are mainly Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar and Bangladesh. They have to risk the sea to Thailand to escape genocide.

Colonel Anuchon Chamat, Deputy Commander of Nakorn Si Thammarat Provincial Police, said they still suspect another human trafficking camp has been set up near the mass grave.

Meanwhile, General Aek Angsananont, Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, revealed that Thai officials have known about the existence of this human trafficking camp for a long time.

“We have heard a lot about this human trafficking camp and have tried many times to find the location. However, it is extremely difficult because the camp is located deep in the forest,” Mr. Aek said, adding that the killings could have been due to “a disagreement between the traffickers about how to sell them.”

Meanwhile, identifying the victims will take a long time because relatives of the victims will have to fly from Bangladesh and Myanmar to Thailand to provide DNA samples for testing.

"It is unlikely that relatives will be able to come here immediately," said General Jarumporn Suramanee of the Thai National Police.

“From the evidence that witnesses in this human trafficking camp recounted, we believe that those who died were victims of violence here,” Mr. Jarumporn said./.

According to Vov.vn