Probe complete in Rohingya case
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Police will Wednesday submit a human trafficking case concerning allegedly victimised Rohingya and other migrants - for the public prosecutor at the Songkhla's Nathawee Provincial Court.
The case would then be forwarded to the Office of the Attorney-General tomorrow, Provincial Police Region 8 deputy chief Pol General Pawin Pongsirin said.
At the Hat Yai Police Station, Pawin said the 80-strong investigator team – whose many members would move on to new assignments in October – would submit 271,300 pages to the prosecutor following the five-month investigation.
In the criminal case of human trafficking, there were 155 suspects, some of whom are now deceased. So far 91 suspects were arrested and 62 others are still on the run – out of the 153 wanted persons.
Money-laundering allegedly involved 81 people – of whom 79 suspects received arrest warrants while two are dead. Police claim so far to have caught 40 suspects while 39 remain on the loose. The investigation alleged that these 81 suspects carried out money-laundering crimes on 4,000 occasions.
Police investigators agreed to file the lawsuit against all suspects on criminal and money-laundering charges, as they were confident the evidence was solid, Pawin said.
The case concluded Tuesday because the senior official overseeing it, Pol General Ake Angsananont, was due to serve as permanent secretary to the PM’s Office on October 1.
