KANGAR: Six Thais, including four convicted in connection with the 2015 Wang Kelian migrant smuggling camps and mass graves, were repatriated to Thailand yesterday after completing their prison sentences.
Perlis Immigration director Mohammad A'sim Md Ali said the four men, aged between 31 and 61, were extradited from Thailand in June 2023 to face charges in Malaysia.
On Jan 7 this year, the Kangar High Court sentenced them to five years' imprisonment after they pleaded guilty under Section 26H of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (ATIPSOM) 2007 to harbouring smuggled migrants.
A'sim said the court ordered their sentences to run from the date of their arrest on June 22, 2023.
