WANG KELIAN, Malaysia: Malaysia said Thursday it believes 139 people are buried in graves at remote detention camps used by people-smugglers on the Thai border which were discovered on the weekend.

“Based on the size of the graves, and after the area was cleared... we have a clearer indication—single grave, single person,” Deputy Home Affairs Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told reporters.

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