Myanmar authority is planning to push a large number of Rohingyas into Bangladesh, sources said. | Muslim ethnic group with Bengali roots. Thousands fled into Bangladesh in 78 after the Burmese army went a-hunting in the area. Been living in camps there since. Now the junta wants to finish the ethnic cleansing & is erecting fences to keep them from returning. |
Local elected representatives said that everyday dozens of Rohingyas were being forced into Bangladesh. On the other hand, the Myanamar authority has been continuing the barbed wire fencing along Bangladesh border since October 2. People of Ghumdum union said that the Rohingyas who had been pushed into Bangladesh recently were farced into through the areas where the erection of the barbed wire fencing were yet to start.
Local people said that if the Myanamr efforts in 'push in' continued, it would be difficult for Bangladesh to push them back into Myanmar after the erection of the barbed wire fence.
| yep, that's the intention all right. |
It is learnt that Chittagong sector commander of BDR Colonel Didarul Alam visited the border area recently and asked the BDR personnel to remain vigilant.
Local representatives of Ghumdum area said that though Myanmar authority earlier informed that they were erecting the fence on their own land, the fences in some places, were erected within 50 yards of the zero point violating the international rules.