Malaysian police have revealed grisly new details of their probe into hundreds of graves found on a people trafficking route, saying some of the corpses they had unearthed showed signs of torture.
While they did not elaborate on what methods of torture had been used, they said that metal chains had been found near some of the burial sites, suggesting some of the dead had spent time as prisoners.
The disclosures came in a police press conference on Monday, which followed the second large-scale discovery of shallow graves in the border zone with Thailand in less than a month. At the beginning of May, the skeletons of 33 migrants were found in a bamboo forest at an abandoned smuggling compound.
At Monday's press conference, Malaysian detectives said that a total of 139 suspected migrant grave sites had now been found in 28 people-trafficking camps along the Thai border.
Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysia's national police chief said some of the graves, found since 11 May, probably contained more than one body, raising the possibility that the total number of dead could run into several hundred. Full story...
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While they did not elaborate on what methods of torture had been used, they said that metal chains had been found near some of the burial sites, suggesting some of the dead had spent time as prisoners.
The disclosures came in a police press conference on Monday, which followed the second large-scale discovery of shallow graves in the border zone with Thailand in less than a month. At the beginning of May, the skeletons of 33 migrants were found in a bamboo forest at an abandoned smuggling compound.
At Monday's press conference, Malaysian detectives said that a total of 139 suspected migrant grave sites had now been found in 28 people-trafficking camps along the Thai border.
Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysia's national police chief said some of the graves, found since 11 May, probably contained more than one body, raising the possibility that the total number of dead could run into several hundred. Full story...
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