Some 2,000 Burmese workers yesterday attended the cremation rite for eight Burmese who were reportedly massacred by rogue police on January 23.

The rite was held at the Wat Don Kaew Temple in Tak's Mae Sot district.

A leader of the workers called on the government to bring the wrongdoers to justice, as the killings were a severe human-rights violation.The eight workers, four of whom were female, were reportedly slain by policemen in the province's Phop Phra and Mae Sot districts while trying to sneak into the country.

Police said there had been no progress in the case, following the issue of arrest warrants for five suspects who had already fled to Burma and other provinces.