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No evidence of Malaysian involvement in Thai trafficking camp, says Wan Junaidi
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — There is no evidence yet to show that Malaysians were part of the syndicate believed to be carrying out human trafficking activities in Thailand.

Home Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said on the raid by Thai authorities at a camp in a remote jungle in southern Thailand on May 1, that the ministry was still waiting for the details.

“Although it happened at the Malaysia-Thailand border we cannot freely enter the area,” he told Bernama when contacted here today.

Newspapers today reported that Malaysians were involved in abuse and wrongfully confining at least 800 foreigners at the camp set up by the syndicate.

Thai authorities had earlier found a mass grave at Sadao, Songhkla, about 50m from the camp.

Twenty-six bodies believed to be those of Bangladeshi nationals and Muslim Rohingyas had been recovered at the grave and efforts to retrieve more remains from the site are ongoing. — Bernama

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