All the defendants were charged with human trafficking and pleaded not guilty. Lt Gen Manas Kongpaen received sentences totalling 27 years in prison for multiple human trafficking charges and other offences. Relatives of victims of human trafficking wait for the sentence after an army general, two provincial politicians and police officers were among the scores of people held guilty in a court in Bangkok on Wednesday. "There are many people in this human trafficking network," Gen Prayut told reporters on Wednesday. The government denies that trafficking syndicates are still flourishing and has said it has largely eliminated human trafficking in the country.

Source: Bangkok Post July 19, 2017 15:00 UTC