Narinjara
News
Cox's Bazar,
April 8
4 Bangladeshi woodcutters have been
abducted by the Burmese Army
4
Bangladeshi woodcutters were abducted by the Burmese Army from deep forest on
the Burma-Bangladesh border on April 4th, said a local headman from the area.
The abductees were identified as Adu Hok, 25, Mar Mauk Hossein,52, Ali Hosein, 20 and Ahbi Ramad, 40. All are from Dawkali
village in the Cox'sbazar district.
According to a local source, they
are daily laborers who often cut wood in areas along the border
A Burmese police officer in Maungdaw stateed that a column of Burmese soldiers from Light
Infantry Battalion 232, led by Major Nyi Nyi
Min, arrested them on Burmese soil after they illegally intruded into
Burmese territory to steal wood.
On April 5th, Major Nyi Nyi
Min transferred them to the local police department. They have since been detained at Minkha Mong police outpost (
The police department is now
preparing to charge them under immigration law as illegally entering
During the past week three Arakanese from Burmese have also been arrested by
Bangladeshi authorities in the border villages after illegally entering
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