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Police uncovered 30 new graves in the Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Thursday. The graves were found at an unused burial ground, which was the site of a detention camp for Rohingya migrants.

The site was found at Ban Chalung village. Local villagers stated that the area had been untouched for 40 years, and that there were previously only six graves. The 30 new graves had reportedly been there for a year.

According to police, the graves are similar to the ones discovered on Friday in Padang Besar sub-district. The area had served as a Rohingya migrant camp.

Police have yet to examine the 30 new graves.

A former detention camp has also been discovered by police on a rubber plantation in Ban Khlong Tor in the Rattaphum district of Songkhla. Officials believe that the camp may have served as a resting area for the Rohingya migrants.

Thirteen Rohingya migrants were also found walking along the edge of the forest in Padang Besar sub-district. Police took them in for questioning where they revealed that they were traveling with 17 other compatriots. The traffickers abandoned them in the jungle. The group was told they were crossing the border in to Malaysia.

The discovery of detention camps and graves has sparked a major investigation into human trafficking in the Songkhla region. So far, police have made several arrests and issued warrants for 18 people who were allegedly involved in the trafficking.

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Every day a story of an abandoned camp, there is a pattern emerging here.

Is this the crackdown, cleaning up after the traffickers.

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There seems to be a cultural issue , i just cant wrap my head around it. That so many police and locals etc seem willing to turn a blind eye to or even comply with such horrendous events is staggering. Fear or greed? Perhaps both.

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There seems to be a cultural issue , i just cant wrap my head around it. That so many police and locals etc seem willing to turn a blind eye to or even comply with such horrendous events is staggering. Fear or greed? Perhaps both.

A fanatical belief in their superiority over the trafficked?

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