IV. Testimony Suggesting Official Complicity in Human Trafficking
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to Malaysia.” At 4 a.m., [the Thai authorities] towed their boat [to sea] and taught the [English
speaker] how to drive the boat.290
Fortify Rights documented changes in the trafficking trade after 2014. “Abdul Grey,” told
Fortify Rights:
I don’t know what will happen in the future. But I know there are more restrictions from the
Thai authorities. It’s not the same as it was before. This is making it more difficult. When
people are released from the Thailand camps, we must pay more to the Thai authorities to
come to Malaysia. This is becoming more restrictive and more costly.291
290 Fortify Rights interview with #117, Songkhla Province, Thailand, May 17, 2015.
291 Fortify Rights interview with #74, Selangor State, Malaysia, September 2014.