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Remember Prime Minister's Opposite's promise that the government would quickly get to the bottom of who's trafficking in Rohingya, Burmese and other illegals ?

"Rights activists are dismayed at what they say is a lack of effort by the authorities to find out who is responsible for trafficking Rohingya boat people.

The human rights panel of the Lawyers Council of Thailand, which monitors the issue, yesterday said it was disappointed there had been no signs of progress in pinpointing traffickers after 85 people from the ethnic minority group from Burma were detained at the immigration office in Ranong.

"These people were convicted last January of illegal immigration, but there have been no efforts to track down and unmask those involved in their trafficking," said Surapong Konghchantuk, a panel member.

The authorities' negligence was also cited in the case of 54 Burmese immigrants who suffocated in a container on the back of a truck on their way from Ranong to Phuket in April last year, he said. Relatives of the victims were given small amounts of compensation and the truck driver charged but no further investigation of who the ringleader was had been conducted, Mr Surapong said."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/1653...ose-traffickers