KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysian authorities said Sunday that they have discovered “mass graves” in more than a dozen abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand, where Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been held. They did not say how many bodies were found
“These graves are believed to be a part of human trafficking activities involving migrants,” Home Minister Zahid Hamidi told reporters.
He said top police officials were trying to identify and verify “the mass graves that were found,” but did not say how many bodies had been recovered.
Similar camps and dozens of remains were recovered in jungle camps across the border in Thailand earlier this month, where Rohingya fleeing persecution in Myanmar had been held by traffickers and held until their families could pay for their freedom.