By Kittipong Soonprasert

Thailand's government said it is investigating reports that its security forces pushed hundreds of detained refugees back out to sea last month with little food and water, drawing condemnation from human rights groups. Citing accounts from survivors, rights activists say groups of mainly Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar were held on a remote island off southern Thailand after entering Thai waters, and then forced back on boats and set adrift.

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