The 29 men, 31 women and five children were discovered on Rawi island in Satun province where their boat had beached due to engine trouble, police said on Tuesday. "We have charged the Thai and Myanmar suspects with assisting illegal entry for migrants," Police General Suchart Thirasawat told Reuters. The Rohingya are being cared for while authorities try to determine if they are victims of human trafficking, he said. "We have not pressed charges against the Rohingya passengers and are still working to determine whether they are victims or not," Suchart said. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled into Bangladesh in 2017 after a crackdown by the Myanmar's army, according to UN agencies.

Source: bd News24 June 12, 2019 09:22 UTC