DHAKA: A total of 111 suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh were rescued from jungle of Thailand's southern Songkhla province.

On Friday, Thailand police said the 111 migrants had been left alone in the jungle after suspected human traffickers who had brought them into the country fled.

Confirming the matter, Police Lieutenant Colonel Somkiat Ostaphun, deputy superintendent of Rattaphum police station said "The migrants were found on a mountain and, from our initial investigation, the people who brought them fled so they were wandering alone.”

Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha called for a three-way meeting with neighbors Malaysia and Myanmar to resolve a regional human-trafficking crisis following the discovery of a mass grave in the country's south.

Source: straitstimes.com

BDST: 0851 HRS, MAY 09, 2015
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