Probe into Rohingya boat case


Uncertain future: Some of the Rohingya who were on the boat being detained at a police station in Satun. — Reuters

Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered an investigation after a boat carrying 65 ethnic Rohingya people and five Myanmar men was swept into the shore at Satun.Deputy government spokesman Lt Gen Weerachon Sukondhapati­pak said yesterday that the prime minister wanted to know who was behind the incident after the vessel landed at Koh Rawi in Tambon Koh Sarai of Satun’s Muang district.

The premier also urged public health agencies to provide the immigrants with health check-ups as per humanitarian principles and to prevent the spread of any likely contagious diseases, he added.

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