Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested twenty-two Rohingyas from different border crossings and pushed them back inside Burma over the past four days, according to a BGB aide in Teknaf.
“BGB arrested them in various raids while they tried to enter Bangladesh without the knowledge of Bangladesh authorities.”
According to sources, eight Rohingyas were arrested by the BGB at the Taungbro border crossing on the morning of October 8. After a brief investigation, they were led back to Burma that evening.
On October 6, BGB arrested another 14 Rohingyas from the Shapuri Dip and Nilla border crossings under the Teknaf police station of Cox’s Bazar district after operations at border belts.
An detainee said on condition of anonymity, “I crossed the Burma-Bangladesh [border] because of persecution and harassment against the Rohingya minority by Burma’s current ruling government.”
