Three Rohingya refugees suffocated to death while packed into trucks in Thailand, with two suspected people-smugglers arrested October 18, police said. The mainly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in war-torn western Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia through Thailand. A passing monk found two dead refugees,...

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