More Rohingya burial grounds found off Phuket

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More Rohingya burial grounds found off Phuket
Eakkapop Thongtub


Officials inspect the area believed to hold the bodies of Rohingya human trafficking victims.

PHUKET: -- Officials from Takua Pa in Phang Nga have been requested by the Imam of Baan Ao Kaiey to exhume the bodies of two Ronhingyas who were buried at the local Islamic cemetery by a local hospital.

At noon yesterday (May 12), Phang Nga Police, Chief Lt Gen Chalit Kaewyarat; Phang Nga town clerk, Tinkorn Musikwat, and Takua Pa district chief, Manit Peintong, led local officials and police to search the Islamic cemetery in Moo 4 Baan Ao Kaiey in Kuraburi district after being informed that the bodies of Ronhingya human trafficking victims may have been buried there.

Officials discovered several graves in the area, which is located next to the border of Ranong and is an abandoned Rohingya detention camp. The camp had been raided by police several months ago.

Officials also found a further area where they believe Rohingyas had been buried in Moo 12 Baan Suan Mai Kuraburi.

Officials said that the areas were old detention camps for Rohingyas who had travelled from Ranong and stayed in Kuraburi temporarily before being transported to Satun and Songkhlar.

Takua Pa District Chief, Manit Peintong, said that they had been asked to go to the areas after the local Imam had asked them to exhume the bodies of two Ronhingyas buried in the cemetary after they had been found floating in the sea.

Officials found many burial sites near the abandoned Rohingya detention camps that they believe hold the bodies of Rohingya human trafficking victims.

Searches of the areas are continuing.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/more-rohingya-burial-grounds-found-off-phuket-52294.php


-- Phuket News 2015-05-13

[Local Drunk]

Keep digging and you'll find even more bodies; but you better dig really deep to find the BIG people behind it... This hasn't happened for years and years with out some very serious protection. A mayor and 50 cops is just scratching the surface.

[Remi080]

They will find more now that they opened the door to the black side. As well the corrupt " people". Must be carefull what to write here. This shit stinks so much they will need to ventilate the whole system for a while i gues.

[Linky]

WOW

This just keeps getting worse. I suspect the General will pull out all stops to keep a lid on anything further.

Must not be seen to hurting tourism.

This is sad beyond belief

[NamKangMan]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - the trouble is, there are very few "good men" in Thailand, hence, evil has been able to flourish here for a long, long, long time.

[BestBitterPhuket]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - the trouble is, there are very few "good men" in Thailand, hence, evil has been able to flourish here for a long, long, long time.

Well said!

[Halion]

Keep digging and you'll find even more bodies; but you better dig really deep to find the BIG people behind it... This hasn't happened for years and years with out some very serious protection. A mayor and 50 cops is just scratching the surface.

Totally agree. There are some very big fish involved in this barbarous business and great steps will be taken to protect their identity. We will see nothing but fall guys and red herrings until this all becomes yesterdays news and the puerile media will buy in hook, line and sinker.

[Docno]

This 2013 Reuters piece suggests that the camps, etc., are part of official Thai government policy:

The Thai authorities say the movement of Rohingya through their country doesn't amount to human trafficking. But in interviews for this story, the Thai Royal Police acknowledged, for the first time, a covert policy called "option two" that relies upon established human-smuggling networks to rid Thailand of Rohingya detainees.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/05/uk-thailand-rohingya-special-report-idUKBRE9B400920131205