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Cabinet minister Shahidan Kassim once considered making a tourist attraction of the biggest of the human trafficking camps discovered near the Thai border.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Shahidan+Kassim&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

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31 May 2015

Free Malaysia Today

Death camps as tourist attractions?

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KANGAR: Cabinet minister Shahidan Kassim is toying with the idea making a tourist attraction of the biggest of the human trafficking camps discovered near the Thai border.

Shahidan, a former Perlis menteri besar and current MP for Arau, was impressed by the camp which he visited today, according to Rakyat Post.

The camp near Lubuk Sirih is 100m from the border and the biggest of the 16 discovered so far.

Last week, police reported uncovering 139 graves of victims of human trafficking syndicates in 28 abandoned camps in hilly forested areas strung along the border near Wang Kelian.
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“This camp is beautiful, three times bigger than the camp that was previously highlighted. The camp is almost the size of a football field, it even includes a surau, an imam’s house, vegetable farm and other facilities,” he was quoted as saying. “We also found beer cans from Thailand and playing cards, which suggests a huge community was living here,” he was reported to have told journalists at Wang Kelian.
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He said he intended to turn the camp into a tourist attraction “because of its strategic location and when a lot of tourist come here, there won’t be any more incidents like these. Let it be a place for the people to see how smuggling of people was done and where they were kept,” he was quoted as saying.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/05/31/death-camps-as-tourist-attractions/

 

 

 

 

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20 March 2017

malaysiakini.com‏Verified account @malaysiakini 4h4 hours ago

PARLIAMENT The 12 police personnel nabbed following the discovery of mass graves in the Thai-Malaysian border in Wang Kelian, Perlis were released due to lack of evidence.

Four foreign nationals were charged with human trafficking offences, of which a Bangladeshi pleaded guilty, two Myanmarese were found guilty, while the trial against a Thai national is pending, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

“The 12 police officers suspected involved in smuggling migrant workers were arrested under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (Atipsom) and the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca).

“However, they have been released because there was insufficient evidence to convict them of the offence,” Zahid said.

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No surprise here: Minister claims he was misquoted. By ALL media. Quite unlikely to be misquoted by all media.

Memorial, not tourist spot for death camps in Wang Kelian http://www.nst.com.my/node/86960  #nst170

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said his good intentions were ‘misquoted’ by the media.

“All media have misquoted me. I am upset. I was merely suggesting that we turn into a memorial, so that they can be remembered.” he said when asked to comment about the backlash from his recent ‘death camp tourist spot’ remark.

TOURISM MINISTER SAYS, “NO!”

Nazri ‘no’ to migrant death camps tourist spot idea http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/300461 

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ANOTHER DEATH CAMP FOUND! Another potential money-earning destination for Malaysian Tourism?

One more human trafficking transit camp found http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/300262  | https://twibble.io 

6:45AM Jun 1, 2015

Another human trafficking transit camp found

One more human trafficking transit camp has been found at the Mata Ayer Forest Reserve in Lubuk Sireh, about 100 metres from the Thai border.

The camp, complete with numerous facilities such as a generator and a small dam, is very different from the transit camps found in Bukit Wang Burma, Wang Kelian.

It took two hours to reach the site on foot, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim, who visited the area today.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/300262

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Cabinet minister Shahidan Kassim was not horrified but impressed by his tour of the largest death camp, which he considers beautiful!.

He said, “This camp is beautiful, three times bigger than the camp that was previously highlighted.”

Don’t you think it’s crass to think of making money from such human suffering and death?

Perhaps he will offer a special discount to Rohingya tourists?

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Watch the video: Malaysian Death Camps – Art of the Matter

Human Trafficking: Right at our door step and on our shore!

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Free Malaysia Today

Death camps as tourist attractions?

KANGAR: Cabinet minister Shahidan Kassim is toying with the idea making a tourist attraction of the biggest of the human trafficking camps discovered near the Thai border.

Shahidan, a former Perlis menteri besar and current MP for Arau, was impressed by the camp which he visited today, according to Rakyat Post.

The camp near Lubuk Sirih is 100m from the border and the biggest of the 16 discovered so far.

Last week, police reported uncovering 139 graves of victims of human trafficking syndicates in 28 abandoned camps in hilly forested areas strung along the border near Wang Kelian.
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“This camp is beautiful, three times bigger than the camp that was previously highlighted. The camp is almost the size of a football field, it even includes a surau, an imam’s house, vegetable farm and other facilities,” he was quoted as saying. “We also found beer cans from Thailand and playing cards, which suggests a huge community was living here,” he was reported to have told journalists at Wang Kelian.
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He said he intended to turn the camp into a tourist attraction “because of its strategic location and when a lot of tourist come here, there won’t be any more incidents like these. Let it be a place for the people to see how smuggling of people was done and where they were kept,” he was quoted as saying.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/05/31/death-camps-as-tourist-attractions/

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PHOTOS: Death in the jungle camps of Malaysia. http://reut.rs/1esbuba 

Death in the jungle
http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/death-in-the-jungle?articleId=USRTX1EL37&utm_source=twitter

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