KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — A commission comprising members of international bodies must be set up to investigate the mass graves discovered in Perlis last week as the situation has turned into a global problem, Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said today.

The National Human Rights Society (Hakam) president also criticised the police for declaring that only two of 12 police officers arrested over the find were linked to the human trafficking camps, arguing that operations of that size would have involved many more people.

“We think the only announcement about the mass graves that is acceptable in a civilised society, if that’s we are, is that there will be an immediate commission set up consisting of members of international bodies.

Nothing less will be acceptable in a country like ours,” Ambiga said in a forum on police accountability here, co-organised by Hakam and the Malaysian Bar Council.

On Monday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had announced the discovery of 139 graves in 28 camps of human trafficking syndicates between Kampung Wai in Kuala Perlis to Tangga 100 at Felda Lubuk Sireh, stretching over 11 kilometres.

The remains of four victims have been recovered so far from the site of the human trafficking camp.