YANGON, Myanmar: Police in Myanmar have arrested 12 suspected members of a human trafficking gang linked to the deaths of 13 Rohingya, the Southeast Asian country's military said.

Police raided a compound in Hlegu town, near the commercial hub Yangon, on December 9, seizing five vehicles and an oil tanker used in the trafficking, the junta said on Tuesday.

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