Second suspected human trafficking camp found in Thai south


Rescue workers inspect a mass grave at an abandoned camp in a jungle in Thailand's southern Songkhla province May 5, 2015. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A second suspected human trafficking camp has been discovered in southern Thailand, police said on Tuesday, following a search of a mountainside where 26 bodies were found in shallow graves at the weekend.

The 26 bodies, believed to be illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, were found at a suspected human trafficking camp hidden deep in the jungle in Thailand's Songkhla province near the Malaysian border.

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