45 recorded telephone conversations between Foyas’ family and low-level traffickers holding Foyas, documenting the negotiation and “sale” of Foyas back to his family. Based on the negotiation, the traffickers transported Foyas from the human-trafficking camp to a construction company in Kuantan in Pahang State, Malaysia, where he worked for several months without wages.126 A Rohingya woman, 37, originally from Sittwe in Rakhine State, Myanmar told Fortify Rights in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2018 how traffickers killed her brother-in-law in 2015 after the family failed to send the traffickers payment in time to secure his release. She said: I have a brother-in-law who was coming from Sittwe. We were late to send the money, and my brother-in-law was killed. He was killed three years ago [2015] . . . I sent 3,500 Malaysian Ringgit (US$1,000), and after, I found out he was killed by the dallals . . . First, the agent asked for 5,000 Malaysian Ringgit (US$1,430). We sent 3,500 Malaysian Ringgit (US$1,000). Two days later, we found out he was killed, and we didn’t send the rest of the money.127 “Raheem,” 27, fled Rakhine State, Myanmar with his brother, but they became separated during the journey. Raheem made it to Malaysia, but his brother did not. In Malaysia, Raheem told Fortify Rights: Yesterday, I spoke with [the traffickers]. They were very angry with me for not paying for the release of my brother. Last night when I spoke with them, they said they would only give me one day. They said if I cannot pay, then maybe I would not get news about my brother . . . I tried to call today, and they cut the phone. The number no longer works. I feel my brother is unsafe.128 At the time of writing, the whereabouts of Raheem’s brother remains unknown. A middle-aged Rohingya human trafficker based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, described the system plainly, saying: “If you pay money, tomorrow you will be released. If you don’t pay, you will stay there until you die.”129 A known mid-level ethnic-Rohingya human trafficker based in Malaysia confirmed the process, saying: “The clear fact is that people who can pay money can be released from the camp. If they cannot pay, they must live in the camp, whether they live or die. If they die, they die. If they live, they live.”130 Another known mid-level ethnic-Rohingya trafficker in Malaysia told Fortify Rights: Some people live in the camps for months, and they become familiar with the area, so they can escape. If people are smart, they can escape. If they can pay money, then they can be released. But if they are not smart and cannot pay money, they have to stay in the jungle and some die.131 There is a long history of human trafficking on the Malaysia-Thailand border. For instance, a Rohingya man from Buthidaung Township in Rakhine State, Myanmar told Fortify Rights how he fled his native land by sea in 2007 when he was only 14-years old. When his boat landed in Thailand, Thai authorities promptly detained him. More than one month later, Thai authorities handed him over to human traffickers, who, in turn, held him captive in a remote jungle camp. Describing his experience in the camp, he told Fortify Rights: “I saw many, many people dying. People were dying every day. When they died, we buried them. If we couldn’t pay money, they beat us.”132 126 Fortify Rights did not document the involvement of the company in the trafficking of Foyas. Fortify Rights interview with #19, Pahang State, Malaysia, August 13, 2014. 127 Fortify Rights interview with #141, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 9, 2018. 128 Fortify Rights interview with #23, Johor State, Malaysia, August 15, 2014. 129 Fortify Rights interview with #61, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 28, 2014. 130 Fortify Rights interview with group of human traffickers, #74, Selangor State, Malaysia, September 27, 2014. 131 Ibid. 132 Fortify Rights interview with #63, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 28, 2014.