A Bangkok court in Thailand convicted dozens on July 19 in a major human trafficking case which was uncovered in 2015, involving more than 100 defendants and a senior army officer.
Thailand's Lieutenant General Manas Kongpan at a trial
in 2015 (Photo: AP)
Many leaders of the Thai army, police officers and politicians
were engaged in the network, with Lieutenant General Manas Kongpan sentenced to
27 years in jail for trafficking and committing an organised transnational
crime.
A total of 103 defendants pleaded not guilty to various charges
including human trafficking, demanding ransom and murder.
The network was revealed in May 2015 after graves were found in
jungle detainment camps in Thailand.
A government crackdown dissolved trafficking groups, leaving tens
of thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar abandoned offshore,
leading to a humanitarian crisis in Southeast Asia.
Source: VNA
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