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Inside pictures of human trafficking camp in Malaysia
Authorities say there are 139 suspected graves in the mountainous jungle where northern Malaysia meets southern Thailand, a remote area that trafficking syndicates used as a transit point to hold migrants and refugees. Most were believed to be members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority and impoverished migrants from Bangladesh.
Updated: May 28, 2015 16:34 IST
1 / 10Malaysian police forensic team members inspect a freshly exhumed human body from an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian, Malaysia. (Source: AP)
2 / 10Malaysian forensic teams exhumed the body at an abandoned camp that was used by human traffickers, the first of what police predicted would be more grim findings as they combed through a cluster of jungle camps on the border with Thailand. (Source: AP)
3 / 10A human jaw is photographed near an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian. (Source: AP)
4 / 10Authorities say there are 139 suspected graves in the mountainous jungle where northern Malaysia meets southern Thailand, a remote area that trafficking syndicates used as a transit point to hold migrants and refugees. (Source: AP)
5 / 10Malaysian General Operation Force personnel stand guard at the abandoned camp. (Source: AP)
6 / 10The camp, reached after a 2-hour hike up a steep jungle path, appeared to have been abandoned a while ago, police said. A jungle prison remained that included at least two large wooden pens wrapped with barbed wire. (Source: AP)
7 / 10Abandoned cooking supplies are photographed at the abandoned camp. (Source: AP)
8 / 10An abandoned cage at the camp. (Source: AP)
9 / 10These structures were believed to be used as human cages, said the police. The camp may have held up to 300 people.
10 / 10A water tank is seen at the abandoned camp found. (Source: AP)
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