Thailand: No plans to make prisoners work fishing boats

…The Thai government denied plans widely reported by media in November that it would use prisoners as labour on fishing boats to reduce the number of illegal or trafficked migrants on the vessels…[Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sek Wannamethee] attributed the reports to a brainstorming session conducted by the Ministry of Labour as part of efforts to stop human trafficking…The denial comes a day after 45 NGOs and trade unions submitted a letter to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha condemning the idea…