Rohingya: Malaysia has slave camps too


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PADANG BESAR: After the discovery of “death camps” in southern Thailand, reports are now trickling in that there may be similar slave camps housing illegal immigrants on the Malaysian side of the border.

The former president of the Rohingya club in Thailand involved in helping refugees, Abdul Kalam, alleged that Malaysia is home to some 80% of the holding camps where young Rohingya and Bangladeshi “slaves” brought in by human traffickers are kept.

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