October 1, 2016
Traffickers are torturing the son of a beggar for ransom in Thailand.
Amir Uddin, 14, from Baiya para, Kyauktaw went to Yangon in mid August in the compny of traffickers, according to local sources. He was then taken to Thailand. After reaching Thailand, traffickers confined and tortured him. His tortured cries were then relayed to his father Abdul Jabbar by telephone.
Jabbar says he didn’t know his son had gone to Yangon or Thailand and was shocked when he received the calls from his son as he was being beaten up by traffickers. Jabaar paid the traffickers 11 million kyats, but they want more. The poor beggar has been forced to sell all his possessions but is yet unable to save his son from torture.
Torturing victims in custody in Thailand has long been a strategy employed by traffickers to force ransom money from families. Last year, an intentional uproar caused by the discovery of mass graves in Thailand resulted in a crackdown by regional governments but in Myanmar, traffickers backed by influential patrons have continued their criminal enterprise, though the volume has drastically reduced.
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