Thailand: 21 Guilty Verdicts in Human Trafficking Trial

A judge in Thailand has announced twenty-one guilty verdicts in the country's biggest human trafficking trial involving more than a hundred defendants. One person was found not guilty. A Thai general and other officials are among those accused of smugglng and trafficking Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya Muslims - a persecuted minority fleeing Myanmar.

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