Two more people were arrested in Thailand on Monday, suspected of involvement in the murder of five Burmese migrant workers, according to a relative of one of the dead.

Lay Khine, 25 year-old sister of one Than Tun, told The Irrawaddy on Monday that two Burmese migrant workers, who were allegedly forced to burn the bodies of her brother and other relatives, today identified the place where the bodies had been burned to the police and other local authorities.

The dead were named as: Than Tun, 35; Thein Aung, 50; Paw Oo, 28; Naing Lin, 18; and Kala Gyi, 27.

According to Lay Khine, the owner of the corn plantation where the migrants were working and another two Thai men came and arrested her brother and other relatives on September 9. They never returned home, she said. When she asked the owner of the corn plantation about the incident he denied any wrongdoing and said he did not know where they were.

The Burmese migrant workers had been working near a Thai village some 27 kilometers from Mae Sot town in Tak Province. They were from Nyaunglaybin Township in Pegu Division in Burma.

According to a report in the Associated Press news agency on Sunday, the police in Mae Sot previously arrested 37 year-old plantation owner Prayoon Kareeradej and a Thai employee for involvement in the killing of the five migrant workers.

Prayoon claimed that they apprehended the five migrants because they had stolen five sacks of corn. The report said that the five Burmese men were handcuffed and shot in their heads, and two other Burmese migrant workers who were arrested today were forced to burn the bodies.

Lay Khine claimed that her relatives did not steal the corn. She said that her sister-in-law had simply gathered leftover corn that was lying in the field. She added that they had asked the owner if they could take the corn.

Currently, Than Tun’s widow, his four children and his sister were being kept in a safe place while the police investigate the case. The police are looking for another Thai man who may have been involved in the murder, according to Lay Khine.

The plantation owner and the other two Thai men could face the death penalty if found guilty.