Mystery over 176 missing from people trafficker’s boat from Bangladesh

BANGKOK: Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of 176 people, including three women, who were on a people trafficker’s boat that left Bangladesh.

There are fears traffickers intend to sell those on board to fishing trawlers or factories as slave labour in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Bangladesh officials are travelling to southern Thailand to interview 134 suspected victims who say they were on the boat with the 176 others

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