Malaysians behind Songkhla human trafficking camp, says NGO
There is a high possibility that Malaysians are involved in border human trafficking related to the mass grave that was uncovered last week in Songkhla, Thailand, says Tenaganita.
"From the testimonies of the migrant and refugee communities, in particularly the Myanmar, Rohingyas and Bangladeshi communities, Malaysians are very much involved in the trafficking of persons at the Thailand- Malaysia border," said Tenaganita director Glorene Das.
Das said in an email statement to The Star Online on Tuesday that many Muslim Rohingyas and Myanmar refugees had informed Tenaganita that after a period of detention at the camps and prisons, they were sent to the border to be sold to traffickers and agents for sex and labour trafficking.
"There are many cases of kidnapping too, where huge amount of ransom are demanded by Malaysian traffickers, agents and kidnappers from the families of the migrants and refugees.
"When ransom money is not paid according to the demands, they are brutally killed and buried," she said.
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