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    Four Thai citizens have been charged under Malaysia’s anti-trafficking laws over mass graves and transit camps for refugees that were found in a hilly and remote jungle along the Thai Malaysian border more than eight years ago. The first of the mass graves - containing more than 30 bodies - was discovered in April 2015 among makeshift camps near the town of Wang Kelian that had been set up by traffickers bringing people across the border. Thailand and Malaysia carried out a joint investigation into the camps, and Thailand convicted 62 defendants, including nine government officials, over the deaths and trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshis to Malaysia via Thailand in 2017. Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the four Thais were extradited on Thursday and were among 10 people that Malaysia had sought for extradition in 2017. Many Rohingya continue to take dangerous boat journeys to try and reach Malaysia.


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