Press Release Songkhla Provincial Court to read out the appeal judgement of the trafficking case of Rohingya, against the former member of Satun Provincial Administration Organization

Songkhla Provincial Court scheduled the reading of the Supreme Court decision on the case of a Rohingya victim of trafficking (Black case No. KorMor.2/2559, Red case No.1100/2559), on March 8 2018. According to the conviction previously made by the Court of First Instance and later upheld by the Court of Appeal, the former member of Satun Provincial Administration Organization is sentenced to 22 years and 6 months imprisonment for conspiring with three persons or more in committing human trafficking act and for committing such offense with two persons or more while holding a position as a member of local administration organization, and for bringing persons into the country illegally. Also, the Rohingya victim of trafficking is awarded compensation of 126,900 THB. For more information http://hrdfoundation.org/?p=1388 and http://hrdfoundation.org/?p=1701)

The offence in the case took place on 10 March 2014 when the officials from the Immigration office 6 have raided and rescued a Rohingya case migrant at Hat Yai bus terminal, Hat Yai district, Songkhla. The authority was informed that an exchange between the Rohingya migrant and the sum of 60,000 baht was going to take place, as relatives of the victim had been asked to bring forth the money for ransom. This case expanded the investigation and arrested a group of trafficker in Songkhla and Satun

For more information: Mr. Papop Siamhan Project Coordinator of Anti-Labor Trafficking Human Rights and Development Foundation Tel: 094-548-5306 Email: [email protected]

Miss Nishkan Usayapant Assistant Project Coordinator of Anti-Labor Trafficking Human Rights and Development Foundation