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| Thailand arrests 53 Rohingya migrants |
| 2014-10-12 |
[ARABNEWS] Thai authorities on Saturday tossed in the slammerDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! 53 Rohingya migrants and two suspected Thai traffickers en route to neighboring Malaysia, an official said. The migrants were found on a rubber plantation in Takua Pa district in the southern coastal province of Phang Nga, district chief Manit Phianthong told AFP. "We got a tip-off from an informant that a trafficking gang would be transporting Rohingya people to Malaysia," he said, adding that the migrants came from Myanmar's western Rakhine state and Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya -- a Moslem minority group not recognized as citizens in Myanmar -- have fled deadly communal unrest in Rakhine since 2012, mostly heading for Malaysia. |
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