In this June 22, 2015, file photo, Malaysian religious officers and villagers place coffins containing remains of Rohingya migrants for a mass burial ceremony in Kedah, Malaysia. A Bangkok court convicted the 62, including a general, police officers and provincial officials, on Wednesday at the end of Thailand's biggest ever human-trafficking trial. The court took more than 12 hours to deliver the verdicts which rights groups said showed the government was serious about the problem. The State Department said Thailand did not do enough to tackle human smuggling and trafficking, and did not convict officials "complicit in trafficking crimes". Wednesday's convictions could help lift Thailand out of Tier 2 next year, rights groups said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 20, 2017 05:48 UTC