Thai PM investigates asylum seeker claims

Last Updated: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:20:00 +1100

Thailand's new prime minister says he will meet human rights officials to discuss recent allegations that the Thai navy set hundreds of asylum-seekers adrift at sea.

Abhisit Vejjajiva says he is aware of the claims concerning migrants from Burma's Rohingya ethnic minority.

Survivors accuse Thai authorities of detaining the migrants after they were washed up on the country's southern coast and then towing them to sea with little food or water.

Thailand's navy has denied the claims.

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