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British police have charged Mo Robinson, a 25-year-old truck driver, with 39 counts of manslaughter after 39 bodies were discovered in the back of a refrigerated truck at an industrial park in Grays, Essex on Wednesday.
Robinson has also been charged with conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering.
China is demanding a comprehensive investigation after police in the UK said they believe the thirty-nine bodies found in the truck were Chinese nationals, eight women and thirty-one men.
Police in Essex don’t yet know how the people died and officials are still working to identify all the victims through marks, scars or tattoos on their bodies.
This investigation brings up memories of a similar incident in 2000 when fifty-eight Chinese nationals were found dead in a cargo container in Dover, UK.
Seven people were later convicted in their deaths.
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