Boat captain says he was paid RM13, 314 to take 65 Rohingya to Malaysia

THE Star ONLINE 
Thursday, 13 Jun 2019

BANGKOK (ANN): Police suspect a group of 65 Rohingya and five Myanmar men may have been trafficked from Bangladesh where over a million of them are being sheltered, after a Thai captain admitted that he was paid to take them across the Andaman Sea to Southeast Asia.

PM Prayuth calls to expedite probe, provide aid for Rohingyas stranded in Satun

FMT
Bernama
June 13, 2019

A Rohingya woman and her baby are detained in a police station in Rawi Island, Thailand after they were found on a fishing boat bound for Malaysia. (Reuters pic)

BANGKOK:Thailand prime minister General Prayuth Chan o-cha has instructed relevant authorities to expedite investigations on a group of 65 Rohingyas stranded at Rawi Island off the coast of Satun in southern Thailand on Tuesday. 

37 Rohingya found in Perlis, says report

THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
Published on 8 Apr 2019

A boat laden with Rohingya migrants intercepted by Thai authorities last month. – EPA pic, April 8, 2019.

AUTHORITIES found 37 people, believed to be Rohingya from Myanmar, on a beach in Perlis today, Reuters reports.

This is the second landing on the same beach since last month, sparking fears of a new wave of people smuggling by sea, the new agency reports.

Link : https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/146294

Reporters face jail over Rohingya report (AJ )

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Thailand's navy has accused journalists of defamation after a report alleged it helped human traffickers.

by Shaikh Azizur Rahman
2 Jan 2014