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Eight suspects have actually been kept in Vietnam after 39 individuals were discovered dead in a truck in Essex.
The arrests came as a group of Vietnamese authorities got here in Britain to assist officially recognize the 31 males and 8 females.
The suspects are being kept in relation to individuals smuggling offenses, the director of cops in the Nghe An province in north-central Vietnam stated.
Two individuals were jailed in the Ha Tinh province of Vietnam recently.
The victims were found in a cooled truck trailer on a commercial estate in Grays on 23 October.
On Friday, Essex Police stated all 39 individuals were thought to be Vietnamese.
The force at first stated it thought they were Chinese.
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Essex Police stated it was now in “direct contact with a variety of households in Vietnam and the UK” and the Vietnamese Government.
A spokesperson for the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the event a “major humanitarian catastrophe”.
Post-mortem assessments are being performed on the victims to develop the reason for their deaths.
More than 100 individuals went to a service for the victims at the Church of the Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in east London on Saturday night.
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The motorist of the truck, Maurice Robinson, from Northern Ireland, appeared in court recently charged with a string of offenses, consisting of 39 counts of murder.
Extradition procedures have actually likewise started versus 22-year-old Eamonn Harrison, who was detained in Dublin on a European Arrest Warrant.
Police are likewise looking for 2 siblings from Northern Ireland , Ronan and Christopher Hughes, who are desired on suspicion of murder and individuals trafficking.
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