Traffickers victimize Burma’s Rohingya refugees

This documentary by UK Channel 4 News is about victimization of Burma’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority.  Living in camps along the Burma-Bangladesh border, they are offered passage to Malaysia by Thai smugglers.  Instead of being taken to Malaysia, they are imprisoned in camps along the Thai border with Malaysia and held for ransom.  If the ransom isn’t paid, they are sold as slave laborers to Thai fishermen.

The investigation led to a camp being raided by Thai officials and kidnap victims being freed.  It would be nice to think that this will be part of an ongoing crackdown and not just a one-time action to counteract bad publicity.

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Muslims also are under attack in the Buddhist-majority nation of Sri Lanka.   Click on Buddhist mob attacks Sri Lankan mosque, 12 injured by Reuters

Tags: Burma, Burma's Muslim Minority, Burma's Rohingya Minority, Human Trafficking, Rohingya, Thailand