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Malaysia: Police officials arrested as over 100 'migrant graves' discovered

2015-05-28 41 Dailymotion

Malaysia’s deputy home minister says 139 uncovered graves, which are believed to contain the corpses of trafficked migrants, appear to hold one body each.<br /><br /> Officials had expected to find mass graves on the site in Wang Kelian, at the Malaysia-Thai border.<br /><br /> The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and police have since arrested two police officials suspected of involvement in transporting migrants, specifically in relation to the discovered graves.<br /><br /> A further ten people have been detained in on unrelated charges connected to human trafficking. <br /><br /> Several of the victims are believed to be stateless Rohingya Muslims. In May, 2015, over 3,000 migrants, mostly hailing from Myanmar and Bangladesh, arrived by boat in Malaysia and Indonesia. <br /><br /> A protest in Myanmar – not known for having a good human rights record – saw hundreds take to the streets. Many were angry at foreign criticism of the way the country is dealing with the Rohingya people.<br /><br /> The protest’s organiser denounced the United

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