ภาษาไทย กรุ ณาเลื่อนลง Press Release The Provincial Court of Pak Phanang convicts and sentences defendant no.1 to 35 years and a fine of 660,000 baht in the trafficking of the Rohingya and children, while defendant no. 2-3 convicted for violating the Immigration Act The Migrant Working Group has provided legal representation for the Rohingya who have become trafficking survivors and have successfully requested to become co-plaintiffs in the case filed by the public prosecutor of Pak Phanang, Nakhon Si Thammarat against Mr. Sunon or Ko Mit Saengthong, defendant no.1, Mr. Suriya Yodrak, defendant no.2 and Mr. Warachai Chadathong, defendant no.3 in the Black Case no. 768/2558 for collaborating with two persons and upwards committing the following offences: Trafficking in person, abetting the trafficking in person, a violation as per the AntiTrafficking in Persons Act B.E 2551 (2008); an offence related to liberty, for enslavement of people or forcing a person to work as a slave per the Penal Code; an offence of bringing into the Kingdom of Thailand an alien, harboring and providing them a hiding place, an offence against the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979) an offence of being members of transnational organized crime against the AntiParticipation in Transnational Organized Crime Act B.E. 2556 (2013) with the survivors who are a child aged 15-18 years and those over 18 years.
Today (31 August), the Provincial Court of Pak Phanang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, has found Mr. Sunun Saengthong, defendant no.1 guilty per Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act B.E 2551 (2008) for collaborating with two persons and upwards in the trafficking of person and the offence had been committed against children aged 15-18 years and those younger than 15 years; for the offence related to liberty, for enslavement of people or forcing a person to work as a slave per the Penal Code ; and for bringing into the Kingdom of Thailand an alien, harboring and providing them a hiding place, an offence against the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979). The defendant no.1 was sentenced to 35 years and a fine of 666,000 baht. The conviction of the defendant no.1 on the trafficking offence could be attributed to major evidence showing the bank transactions and telephone contact relating to the trafficking syndicate involved with the offence against trafficking victims, some of whom had been rescued in Songkhla. Then, the bodies of unidentified Rohingya and other trafficking survivors had been rescued from Tambon Padang Beasr, Sadao District, Songkhla in May 2015. As to the defendant no. 2-3, based on the evidence, the Court has found their offence was only concerned with bringing aliens into the Kingdom without permission, an offence against the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979) and has sentenced them both to one year. Given that the defendant no.2 had pleaded guilty to the charge, his sentence was reduced by a half to six months.