BGB
arrested Malaysia bound boat people in Sharpour Dip
KPN News
August 19, 2013
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police and Bangladesh
Coastguard arrested more than 58 boatpeople for Malaysia in different areas of
Teknaf on August 19 and 17, according to a local named Habib from Teknaf.
BGB arrested 24 boatpeople from gola para area, Shah Pour dip, under
Teknaf police station, while they were trying to go Malaysia by trawler owner
group and traffickers – Hakhim Maji, son of late Abdul Gani, Ilias, son of late
Sultan Ahmed, Md.Noor, son of Mohammed Ullah, Nur Hossain, Jiabul and Musa, son
of dead Nazir Ahmed on August 19, according to BGB official.
Arrested
peoples said, Shah Pour dip trafficking syndicate members -Nur Hakim Maji, son
of late Abdul Gani and Aman Ullah, son of Abdul Karim took 20000 Bangladeshi
Taka per person to send them to Malaysia. After entering Malaysia, they were
supposed to pay again 150000 Bangladeshi taka more to the trafficking syndicate
members there- Thailand and Malaysia.
The
concerned authorities arrested them while trying to go to Malaysia by risk sea
route nearby Teknaf of Bangladesh.
Being
informed, a group of police from Teknaf went to Saparan village under Teknaf
police station and arrested 11 and 10 boatpeople, after being conducted two
operations on August 17 while boatpeople gathered in a resident home, according
to BGB sources.
In
addition, Bangladesh Coastguard also arrested 13 boatpeople from a residential
hotel of Teknaf on August 17, said an aide of Bangladesh Coastguard.
The
58 arrested boat people were handed over to the Teknaf police station for
further investigation. Police has filed case against them, according to an
officer from Teknaf police station.
According
to different sources, many Rohingya boatpeople have been going to abroad,
especially to Malaysia and Thailand for seeking better opportunity because of
harassment and persecution by the Burmese authorities.
A
local youth who prefer not to be named said, “In the rainy risky season, why
are the people fleeing to foreign countries?”
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