KAJANG: The Home Ministry today confirmed the discovery of the graves near the 17 tents that are believed to be used to house refugees in Padang Besar, Perlis.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the General Operations Force (GOF) and VAT 69 commando unit discovered 14 large tents and three small tents are located on the border of Malaysia and Thailand.
He said the Chief of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, today located on the respect for monitoring and identification of the graves are concerned.
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Tents are believed to have been operating for at least five years and he left behind when the authorities arrived on the scene.
"It would be a grave accommodate three, four or just a corpse. VAT PGA and 69 were still investigating and inspecting the area. In cooperation with Thailand, we will find more bodies," he said.
He was speaking at the celebration of Family Day KDN in Kajang Prison College Stadium.
May 18, Khalid reported to have said, about 300 members of the VAT-69 commandos were ordered to conducted a thick forest along the Malaysia-Thailand border to detect trafficking activities.
The operation was launched after the Thai authorities discovered several mass graves of foreigners in the two camps belonging trafficking syndicate around Padang Besar, Songkla, earlier this month.
So far, over 60 mass graves found Rohingya refugees in various parts of Songkla provinces bordering Malaysia.
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