III. THE DISCOVERY OF
THE WANG KELIAN MASS
GRAVES AND HUMANTRAFFICKING CAMP:
MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS’
TESTIMONY
In 2015, the Commission received a memorandum submitted by the Bar Council
of Malaysia and the Human Rights Society of Malaysia (HAKAM) requesting
that it conduct an investigation focused on the authorities’ investigation of the
mass graves discovered at Wang Kelian, Perlis State, Malaysia.
In 2017, the Commission planned to interview the officers of the General
Operations Force (GOF)—the light infantry arm of the Royal Malaysian Police,
who were in charge of the posts in Wang Kelian. However, the GOF informed
the Commission that it was not possible to identify who was in charge at the
particular time of the incident since the rotation of the GOF occurred once per
month to maintain integrity among the officers. Given that the GOF could not
identify the officers in charge at the time of the incident, the Commission’s
cancelled the interviews.
In 2018, the Commission recorded 39 statements from the GOF, the Royal
Malaysian Police, the Immigration Department of Malaysia, the Forestry
Department of Perlis State, and residents living in the foothills of Wang Burma—
the area in Wang Kelian where the authorities discovered mass graves—to
support the investigation into the human trafficking and mass graves conducted
by Malaysian authorities, particularly the Royal Malaysian Police.
Below are summarized statements from key witnesses, including law
enforcement agencies, such as the GOF, Immigration Department of Malaysia,
and the Forestry Department of Perlis State, and Wang Burma residents in
Wang Kelian, Perlis State, Malaysia.
STATEMENT OF THE GENERAL OPERATIONS
FORCE
Statement of “Person A,” Senior Officer, Battalion 3 of GOF,
Bidor, Perak State
“Person A” was a Commander of Company B, Battalion 3, GOF of Bidor, Perak
State. He was stationed in Padang Besar, Perlis State from January 1 to January
31, 2015. According to him, Battalion 3 of the GOF was commanded to execute
enforcement operations known as Ops Wawasan at the border of MalaysiaThailand border in Perlis State. On September 11, 2017, the Commission recorded
II. THE DISCOVERY OF THE
“Sold Like Fish”