Report: Malaysian authorities destroyed Wang Kelian mass grave site

Dhaka Tribune  
Tribune Desk
Published at March 29th, 2019

Malaysia's government has set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe the Wang Kelian deaths Reuters

'A forensic team also confirmed on March 6, 2015 that the suspected grave site was indeed a mass grave but Malaysian authorities did not order the exhumation of the bodies until May 2015'

The Malaysian authorities ordered a human trafficking campsite - believed to contain bodies of trafficked Rohingya and Bangladeshis - at Wang Kelian, Perlis, destroyed a day after its discovery in early 2015, claimed Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam).

Report finds gaps in 2015 probe of mass graves in Malaysia

Star Tribune

By EILEEN NG, Associated Press
March 27, 2019

The human trafficking campsite and mass graves uncovered in Wang Kelian, Perlis, on the Malaysia-Thai border. (Bernama pic)
 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A report released Wednesday found gaps in the investigation and possible obstruction of justice in Malaysia's 2015 discovery of mass graves believed to be of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis held in trafficking camps in a hilly jungle area on its border with Thailand.

The report, jointly prepared by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia and Fortify Rights, comes after Malaysia's new government formed a royal commission of inquiry in February into the tragedy at Wang Kelian in northern Perlis state that shocked the nation.

KL forms panel to probe 2015 discovery of mass graves, human trafficking of Rohingya in Perlis

THE STRAITS TIMES
5TH MARCH 2019


 PUTRAJAYA - Malaysia on Tuesday (March 5) formed a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to formally probe the shocking discovery in 2015 of mass graves and human trafficking activities in northern Perlis state, with the victims believed to be stateless Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

Malaysia's Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin handed appointment letters to the seven panel members, saying the new government is committed to uncovering the truth and bringing the culprits to justice, Malay Mail online news reported.