CHAPTER 1 to death, either during the sea journey or at the camp in Wang Kelian, due to the severity of torture or starvation. They were released from captivity after their relatives had paid their ransoms, which amounted to around RM4,000–RM15,000 per head to the traffickers. Some of them also claimed that they had been transported from the point of arrival to the Wang Kelian death camp by a taxi car driven by an Indian man. The Commission expects to interview more witnesses in coming months with the assistance of the refugee community in Malaysia and an international NGO. The Commission’s request to the Police for copies of the forensic reports of the bodies found at the mass graves had been denied, as the Police are of the opinion that the Commission is restricted under Section 12(2) of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 (Act 597) from conducting the investigative research. The Commission takes cognisant of the Government’s efforts to bring the suspected perpetrators of the Wang Kelian death camp incident to justice, which include the charging of four traffickers and the request made to the Thai Government to extradite 11 suspects to face charges in Malaysia. The investigative research on the incident is intended to provide recommendations to the Government to address such trafficking from a human rights-based approach. In the Government feedback to the Commission’s Annual Report 2015, it was mentioned that out of 1,107 migrants who had arrived by boat last year, 718 were Bangladeshis and they were subsequently deported back to Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 389 were identified as ethnic Rohingya, of which 36 had been accepted for resettlement in the United States. As a follow-up to that, the Commission has written to MOHA to enquire on the status of the remaining Rohingya. At the time of writing, the Commission has yet to receive the information. (c) The Rights of Indigenous Peoples Article 8(2)(b) of the UNDRIP obligates the state to prevent any action which has the aim or effect of dispossessing indigenous people of their lands, territories or resources. During the year, the Commission received 80 complaints from Orang Asli. The increased number of complaints by Orang Asli could possibly be prompted by the community’s impatience with the delay in the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations made through the NI report in 2013. The complaints were mainly on the following issues: i) The encroachment on Orang Asli native customary land for the purpose of logging, mining, and farming without respecting the principle of FPIC; ii) The alleged pollution of rivers and rapid deforestation as the result of rampant logging activities; 54 SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2016 suhakam 2new.indd 54 3/23/17 5:54 PM