By Mir Ahmed Siddiquee
Mapim president Azmi Abdul Hamid urged the authorities to
be more vigilant in dealing with human trafficking cases. "This is just
tip of the iceberg. We believe there are more cases such as this out
there." he said.
Source: @NST_Online & Rohingya's online sources
Some 300 Rohingyas gathered near Kampung Kepala Bendang
on May 21, 2017
to pay tribute to the discovery of several mass graves in Perlis, thought to
contain bodies of fellow migrants.
The groups were came from several places, such as from
Penang, Sungai Petani and Kampung Kepala Bendang, held special prayer for the
victims whose graves were uncovered at 28 human trafficking camp sites near
Wang Kelian in Perlis, located not far from the Malaysia-Thai border.
Related news read in Burmese and listens in
Rohingya language: https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/866274147722305537
This is second anniversary, organized by Malaysian
Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) and Penang Stop Human
Rights Campaign to remember those victims who were left for lives but end here
at the hands of trafikkers.
Recalling the ordeal at one of the camps, one of the
survivors, Aman Ulla, 19, said some of his friends were tortured while others
left to die at the camps.
"I am still haunted by the memories. I remembered
being moved from one camp to another and those who were too weak would be left
behind to die." he said.
