Thais detain ‘large number’

A large group of Cambodian migrants were rounded up and detained in a Bangkok prison at the end of May, where many still remain, Thai officials told the Post yesterday. Separate unconfirmed reports that at least 130 Cambodians had been in detention for more than a month emerged about a week ago. … Kobboon Sangmanee, a first secretary at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of Information, said many Cambodian migrants held at Bangkok Remand Prison have already been deported, while some remain incarcerated, awaiting deportation. …

Alice Cuddy and Kevin Ponniah
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