63 CONVICTED IN THAI HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRIAL|泰最大人口販運案63人判罪 最高層級中將

In Thailand, several high-ranking officials, including an army general and two provincial politicians, have been found guilty in the country's largest human trafficking trial. There were 103 defendants in total and 63 were convicted. It took the court more than 12 hours to deliver its ruling. The trial began in 2015 after authorities discovered dozens of shallow graves near the Thai-Malysia border. These graves were said to be part of a jungle camp, where traffickers held Rohyingya migrants trying to enter Malaysia for ransom. Some of those guilty of trafficking were also convicted of other crimes, including taking part in organised transnational crime, forcible detention leading to death, and rape. Human rights activists lauded the verdicts, saying that the government was serious about convicting perpetrators. TRANSLATED BY：JEFF CHANG