Police probe dumping of 59 Rohingya on island off SatunRohingya migrants sit on the rocks by a beach on Koh Dong off Satun on Saturday before being picked up by a Royal Thai Navy boat. (Photo: Satun Public Relations Office)Police are trying to find out who abandoned 59 Rohingya boat people, including five children, on an island off mainland Satun - and told them they were in Malaysia. A Royal Thai Navy coast guard boat found the 59 Rohingya — 31 men, 23 women and five children — on Koh Dong, about 20 kilometres from Koh Lipe, on Saturday after a tip-off. The #Rohingya boat people were transported to mainland Satun. The boat dropped them on the island about a week ago and then sailed away, he said, adding that the Rohingya will be sent back to Bangladesh.

Source: Bangkok Post June 05, 2022 11:41 UTC