Investigationgone quiet
Wang Kelian trafficking camps and mass graves
Five Thai men were jailed in January 2026 for harbouring migrants, but no one has been convicted over the deaths. Police said six more suspects in Malaysia's 2017 extradition request are believed to be abroad and still free.
- Category
- Crime
- Since
- May 2015
- Last update
- 7 Jan 2026
- Next
- Police tracing six remaining suspects abroad
Timeline
- Over 100 makeshift graves and 29 detention camps for smuggled migrants were found in the Wang Kelian jungle in Perlis, near the Thai border.
- Malaysia asked Thailand to extradite 10 Thai nationals linked to the camps.
- The Royal Commission of Inquiry, which ended its hearings in June, submitted its report to the Agong.
- The declassified RCI report found no public officers were involved, though it said local authorities should have prevented the torture and deaths.
- Four Thai men extradited the day before were charged in Kangar under the anti-trafficking and migrant smuggling law; police said six other suspects remained at large abroad.
- The Kangar High Court jailed five Thai men for five years each after they pleaded guilty to alternative charges of harbouring Myanmar migrants at Wang Kelian.