Monday,02 Jul,2007
11 Burmese Citizens Arrested in Bangladesh
6/30/2007
11 Burmese Citizens Arrested in Bangladesh
6/30/2007
Bangladesh Army personnel arrested 11 Burmese citizens on Friday in Bandaban, located in the south of Chittagong Hill Tract near the western Burmese state Arakan, according to official reports.
The army patrol team rounded up the 11 while they were holding a meeting under a passenger shade in Sualak Bazar in Bandaban Township Friday morning.
Army personnel later handed the arrestees over to the local police in the town.
The arrested are identified as Ismail Hossain, M Monir Ahmed, Abul Hossain, Sona Ali, Jalil, Mohammed Alam, Nezamudin, Mohammed Ismail, Abdul Monaf, Abdur Rashid, and Baru.
The men were sent to jail Friday afternoon following a court order.
The arrestees told police during questioning that they crossed over into Bangladesh from Burma via the Teknaf border point a few days ago in search of work.
Security has been very tight on the Bangladesh-Burma border since three officials from a Danish NGO were abducted by an unknown group of armed men in the border area on 25 June.
Since the abduction, many locals and Burmese nationals have been arrested in the area as suspects.#
Soucres: Narinjara News
