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OFFICIALS FINALLY CHECK PHANG NGA ISLANDS AND FIND HUMAN REMAINS, PROBABLY ROHINGYA Eakkapop Thongtub editor@classactmedia.co.th
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t least two bodies were found this week in camps set up by people traffickers in Phang Nga that were abandoned after raids by police and officials in September last year. On Tuesday (May 5) Phang Nga Governor Prayoon Rattanasaenee,
city officials and police investigated the area of the camp on Koh Toh Kra in Takuapa District. The investigation came after police questioned a 13-year-old Rohingya boy arrested for illegal entry in September last year and were told that he came with a group of Rohingya from Myanmar. The boy said the group were beaten by Thai brokers. About 10
died, he said, and their bodies were buried at Koh Toh Kra. In the jointly conducted search of three locations on the island – eight months later – by local district officials and workers of Sawang Meka Takua Pa foundation, a grave was found on Tuesday (May 5). After digging into the sand for 20 minutes, the skeleton of a woman was discovered.
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The skeleton is believed to be that of a woman about 1.5 metres tall, who was buried according to Muslim tradition. Officials believe she was most likely a Rohingya, probably taken to the area to be trafficked. They also think she may have been pregnant at the time of her death. DNA tests are being done to confirm whether she was in fact Rohingya.
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