Songkhla's human trafflicking case to be transfered to new court division
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Deputy national police chief General Aek Angsananont has said the human trafficking case in Songkhla's Padang Besa district will be transferred to the Criminal Court's newly opened division on human trafficking to speed up prosecutions.
Thursday announcement came as Songkhla-based Nathawee Provincial Court issued more arrest warrants in relation to the case.
The Provincial Court has now issued arrest warrants for 187 suspects – 42 of whom face an additional money laundering charge, a meeting of case investigators, led by Pol Maj-General Paween Pongsirin, was told at the Provincial Region 9 Police Operation Centre in Hat Yai.
Seventy-two suspects in this case are currently on trial, with it at the advanced witness-interviewing stage.
The 12 money laundering suspects were apprehended on Wednesday and are believed to be members of a human trafficking network in Satun and Ranong.
