Police working on identity of multiple grave bodies
Police are still trying to determine whether the remains found in the graves in Perlis are Rohingya boat people or Bangladeshis who were trafficked into the country.
"The police forensic unit are still digging the graves and will run forensic tests to identify if they are Rohingyas or human trafficking (victims) from Bangladesh," Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.
Police are still trying to determine whether the remains found in the 139 graves in Perlis are Rohingya boat people or Bangladeshis who were trafficked into the country.
"The police forensic unit are still exhuming the graves and will run forensic tests to identify if they are Rohingyas or human trafficking (victims) from Bangladesh," Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.
Speaking at a press conference at Parliament lobby, Zahid said Malaysia was also working with Thailand to find out the culprits behind the multiple graves.
"Thailand has been asked to cooperate with Malaysia to exchange information to identify the masterminds behind this," he said.
News agency Reuters earlier today quoted Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar as saying that 139 graves, believed to contain the remains of migrants, were found near the border with Thailand, and that some graves contained more than one body.
The graves were found at 28 suspected human trafficking camps located around 500 metres from the border in northern Malaysia, Khalid said.
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