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Police commando and forensic teams believed to be on the scene
KANGAR: Police teams are investigating a mass grave reportedly containing the bodies of about 100 Rohingya migrants in Padang Besar, according to a news report.
The discovery of the mass grave, if confirmed, comes three weeks after at least 30 bodies of Rohingya migrants were found at an abandoned human trafficking camp in Sadao, Songkhla province, in Thailand.
The mass grave in Perlis is believed to be in a hilly and restricted area not accessible to civilians.
The location of the mass grave was not yet known, but federal police teams were at the scene on Friday evening, Star Online reported, quoting anonymous sources. Several police forensic squad vehicles were seen driving back to Kangar from Padang Besar, the border town nearest to Thailand.
It had been cordoned off, the report said. The Inspector-General, Khalid Abu Bakar, is expected to make an announcement later.
On May 1 a joint military-police task force in Thailand uncovered a mass grave at an abandoned human trafficking camp in Sadao district close to the border. Many were buried in shallow graves, while others were covered with blankets and clothes and left in the open. They had starved to death or died of disease while held by traffickers who were awaiting payment of ransoms before smuggling them into Malaysia.
Source : freemalaysiatoday
