Boatpeople Spotted Between Phuket and Krabi as Riddle of Missing Rohingya Grows A vessel believed to be crammed with up to 100 Rohingya has been sighted off the coast of Krabi, near Phuket in Thailand, as the mystery over the whereabouts of thousands of boatpeople deepens. The rickety boat was sighted off the mainland, heading for Koh Yao Yai, a small island that is home to several five-star resorts, between Krabi and Phuket. Fishing trawlers and a network of small civilian vessels inform local district chiefs of sightings that are usually relayed to Thailands Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, which oversees safety at sea. We think it was definitely a Rohingya boat, an official said. But we lost contact with it quickly. As many as 12,000 members of the Muslim minority in Burma are reported to have fled to sea to avoid persecution since October 15 but only a few hundred have fetched up along Thailands Andaman Sea coast, alarming activists who fear something has gone amiss. Where are they? Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project, which plots migration across the Bay of Bengal, told Reuters on Saturday. We have become very concerned. phuketwan/tourism/boatpeople-spotted-phuket-krabi-riddle-missing-rohingya-grows-21385/
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:18:48 +0000
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