Teknaf, Bangladesh: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held 35 Burmese citizens locally known Rohingyas from Bangladesh-Burma border during the last two days, said BGB official of Balukhali.
According to
sources of BGB 17 battalion of Cox’s Bazar, and 42 battalion of Teknaf, they
arrested 35 Burmese citizens from different border points of Bangladesh-Burma
border.
The BGB members of
Balokhali and Tumbro border out-posts and Nikkongchhari BGB members under the
Bandarban Hill District arrested the Burmese nationals.
Later, BGB sent
them back to Burma after providing them food and medicine.
They crossed the
Burma-Bangladesh border as a hope of taking temporarily shelter in Bangladesh,
but they met difference in Bangladesh as they previously hope, said a local
youth.
Why are the
Rohingya people fleeing from Arakan, Burma? Since June last year, Rohingya
community has been increasingly persecuted by the Burmese security forces along
with Rakhine extremists. They are corned in their villages and have no access
to do anything for their livelihood. They have no food, no jobs and have been
starving. In the meantime, they are also indiscriminately arrested, detained
and tortured by the security forces and extorted money, according to a local
politician who decline to be named.
There are no NGOs,
and other supporting groups in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung Townships to
support the severe suffering people, a local business man of Maungdaw Town said
preferring not to be named.
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