This case must be pursued ,openly and aggressively. Serious charges should lead to court cases to achieve the twin goals of justice being served to the victims and punishment meted out to the culprits and those two turned a blind eye.
This case, and the recent discovery of another 24 graves of Rohingya in Malaysia, means that human trafficking is still a serious problem. So much still remains to be done to counter the massive civil rights violations of human trafficking.
The treatment of the Lao migrants at the Nakhon Pathom farm is not a unique crime. It is a symptom of a deeply rooted and systemic network that treats humans far worse than humans. This system can be broken by determined action.
The Nakhon Pathom case is yet another test for the government, and prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, to prove that Thailand is dead serious about tackling human trafficking and eradicating the country’s stigma of being the human trafficking superhighway of this region.