The remains of six Rohingyas exhumed in Wang Kelian, Perlis will be buried tomorrow at Kampung Tualang in Jabi, Pokok Sena.
Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Mahathir said a cemetery had been made ready and the funeral would be handled by the Kedah Islamic Religious Department (JAIK).
"After discussion with the National Security Council, police, state government and the Kedah Islamic Religious Council, we have decided to bury the remains of 106 Rohingyas in Pokok Sena.
"The first six remains will be buried tomorrow. There will be more, depending on the completion of the autopsy by Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital," he told reporters here today.
Mukhriz expressed sympathy for the Rohingyas who became victims of human trafficking syndicates and were subjected to acts of cruelty.
"We are told they died of starvation and illnesses," he said.
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Meanwhile, Persatuan Pembekal dan Pengurusan Tenaga Kerja Asing Malaysia (TEKAM) has denied that the association was involved in trafficking of Rohingya refugees in Wang Kelian.
The association's deputy president I, Ishak Kamarudin said none of the 146 labour agencies registered with TEKAM were involved in sourcing foreign labour after 2012 when the government discontinued its Outsourcing System when an amnesty programme for illegal immigrants came into force.
"The trafficking in illegal immigrants at the Malaysia-Thailand border was possible because of weaknesses in enforcement," he told reporters after presenting aid worth RM15,000 to the Kedah Immigration Department to be distributed to illegal immigrants held at the Immigration Depot in Sik, Kedah.
Bernama
Sun Jun 14 2015
Mukhriz expressed sympathy for the Rohingyas who became victims of human trafficking syndicates and were subjected to acts of cruelty. - Bernama Photo
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