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Rape Case Rohingya Denied Access to Files, Evidence by Phang Nga Police

Khao Lak Police Station: the women have been refused their case file Photo by phuketwan.com By Chutima Sidasathin and Alan Morison Monday, June 24, 2013 PHUKET: A family refuge north of Phuket was being turned into a fortress today as the women and children inside faced death threats and local police appeared unwilling to expose the involvement of officers in people-trafficking.  A direct death threat was made at the weekend by a Thai man at the gates of the family refuge in the popular tourist destination of Khao Lak, where 61 Rohingya women and children are being housed.  The female director of the refuge has been issued with a gun and security cameras now record all activities around the perimeter of the shelter. In trying to pursue allegations of abduction and rape, three women and two children and the shelter staff supporting them were today being given the run-around by police throughout the province of Phang Nga. With people-trafficking in Thailand b