{"id":118901,"date":"2015-05-24T14:28:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=118901"},"modified":"2015-05-24T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T14:28:08","slug":"malaysia-finds-migrant-mass-graves-near-thai-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/malaysia-finds-migrant-mass-graves-near-thai-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia finds ‘migrant’ mass graves near Thai border"},"content":{"rendered":"
Several mass graves thought to contain bodies of migrants have been found in Malaysia, authorities say.<\/p>\n
Home Minister Zahid Hamidi was quoted by Malayia’s Star newspaper as saying the graves were found in 17 abandoned trafficking camps near the Thai border.<\/p>\n
He did not know how many bodies had been recovered.<\/p>\n
Several mass graves have been found in Thailand along a route used to smuggle Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar (also known as Burma).<\/p>\n
But these would the first discovered in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Thailand has already launched a crackdown on the trafficking networks.<\/p>\n