KPN News:
July 12, 203
Teknaf, Bangladesh: More than 137 Rohingya, Burmese
citizen had arrested along the border by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) since
July 1, 2013, according to BGB official. “The Rohingyas were arrested from
different parts and points of border after being conducted operation by the
border forces.”
BGB arrested fifty-nine Rohingya from different
areas of border in raided July 10 morning, said Dil Mohamed, a local from
border.
“They were pushed back to Burma through the points
where they entered to Bangladesh illegal.”
Lt. Col. Kalid Hassan commanding officer confirmed
and said “BGB pushed back them to their homeland, Burma after providing food
and medicine.”
However, the concerned authorities of Bangladesh
arrested more than 427 Rohingya people along the Bangladesh-Burma border and
sent them back to Burma in June 2013.
According to sources, Rohingya frequently try to
enter the Bangladesh from Burma for shelter in a Muslim neighboring country
because of persecutions and harassment by the Burmese security forces. The
Rohingya have no rights to protect their life and their family, property in
Burma. So they try to flee to Bangladesh to save their life.
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