Cox’s Bazar Correspondent :
Tensions are still running high on Friday in Bandarban’s Tambru , 18 hours after Bangladesh summoned Myanmar’s envoy over increased security presence near their border, Rohingyas have been sheltering just inside Myanmar. A meeting between the border guards of the two countries has been held on Friday.
Thousands of Rohingyas have been living in no man’s land between the countries, including nearly 7,000 in near the Tambru border at Naikkhyangchharhi in Bandarban, since Myanmar launched a military operation dubbed “ethnic cleansing” in the Rakhine State on Aug 25 last year.
On Thursday, Myanmar armed soldiers and border guard were mobilised neared the border fence and appeared to be moving in heavy weaponry, but later withdrew them.
The Bangladesh foreign ministry summoned the Myanmar ambassador and asked him to tell the Myanmar authorities to immediately withdrawal security forces along with military assets from the area.
A Bandarban-based senior Bangladesh Border Guard or BGB officer told bdnews24.com
on earlier on Friday that tensions were still running high at Tambru and a flag meeting with the Myanmar’s Border Guard Police was expected to take place later in the day.
“We protested and called for a flag meeting when Myanmar increased security presence at the border. They have agreed to hold it on Friday at 3pm,” BGB 34 Battalion Commander Lt Col Manjurul Hasan said. Hours after Dhaka protested the military buildup near the border, Myanmar soldiers fired shots late on Thursday.
BGB officer Hasan said two shots were heard from the Myanmar side of the Tambru border around 8pm. “We also heard a hullabaloo in the Rohingya camp on the zero line at the time. No one was injured.”.
Bandarban’s Ghumdhum union council chairman Md Zahangir Aziz Chowdhury told bdnews24.com the shooting by the Myanmar soldiers has triggered fresh concerns in the area.
Mohammad Arif, a representative of the Rohingyas staying in the no man’s land on Tambru border, told bdnews24.com the BGP personnel aimed their weapons at the Rohingyas in the morning and asked them to leave the area. He alleged the Myanmar soldiers also tried to enter the Rohingya camp by crossing the barbed-wire fence. The Myanmar troopers took away their heavy weaponry when BGB strengthened presence in the afternoon, he added. Around 17,000 Rohingyas have been living in no man’s land between the countries, including nearly 7,000 in Tambru, since Myanmar launched a military operation dubbed “ethnic cleansing” in the Rakhine State on Aug 25 last year. Rohingya shelters in no man’s land between the Bangladesh and Myanmar border. Rohingya shelters in no man’s land between the Bangladesh and Myanmar border.
Myanmar’s latest move puts at risk the Rohingyas on the Tambru border.
Nearly 700,000 Rohingyas fled Myanmar for Bangladesh after insurgent attacks on Aug 25 sparked a military crackdown that the UN says amounted to ethnic cleansing, with reports of arson attacks, murder and rape.
The UN refugee agency has expressed concern that thousands of people staying on the strip of land, dubbed “no man’s land” would be forcibly returned without enough care for their safety.
Tensions are still running high on Friday in Bandarban’s Tambru , 18 hours after Bangladesh summoned Myanmar’s envoy over increased security presence near their border, Rohingyas have been sheltering just inside Myanmar. A meeting between the border guards of the two countries has been held on Friday.
Thousands of Rohingyas have been living in no man’s land between the countries, including nearly 7,000 in near the Tambru border at Naikkhyangchharhi in Bandarban, since Myanmar launched a military operation dubbed “ethnic cleansing” in the Rakhine State on Aug 25 last year.
On Thursday, Myanmar armed soldiers and border guard were mobilised neared the border fence and appeared to be moving in heavy weaponry, but later withdrew them.
The Bangladesh foreign ministry summoned the Myanmar ambassador and asked him to tell the Myanmar authorities to immediately withdrawal security forces along with military assets from the area.
A Bandarban-based senior Bangladesh Border Guard or BGB officer told bdnews24.com
on earlier on Friday that tensions were still running high at Tambru and a flag meeting with the Myanmar’s Border Guard Police was expected to take place later in the day.
“We protested and called for a flag meeting when Myanmar increased security presence at the border. They have agreed to hold it on Friday at 3pm,” BGB 34 Battalion Commander Lt Col Manjurul Hasan said. Hours after Dhaka protested the military buildup near the border, Myanmar soldiers fired shots late on Thursday.
BGB officer Hasan said two shots were heard from the Myanmar side of the Tambru border around 8pm. “We also heard a hullabaloo in the Rohingya camp on the zero line at the time. No one was injured.”.
Bandarban’s Ghumdhum union council chairman Md Zahangir Aziz Chowdhury told bdnews24.com the shooting by the Myanmar soldiers has triggered fresh concerns in the area.
Mohammad Arif, a representative of the Rohingyas staying in the no man’s land on Tambru border, told bdnews24.com the BGP personnel aimed their weapons at the Rohingyas in the morning and asked them to leave the area. He alleged the Myanmar soldiers also tried to enter the Rohingya camp by crossing the barbed-wire fence. The Myanmar troopers took away their heavy weaponry when BGB strengthened presence in the afternoon, he added. Around 17,000 Rohingyas have been living in no man’s land between the countries, including nearly 7,000 in Tambru, since Myanmar launched a military operation dubbed “ethnic cleansing” in the Rakhine State on Aug 25 last year. Rohingya shelters in no man’s land between the Bangladesh and Myanmar border. Rohingya shelters in no man’s land between the Bangladesh and Myanmar border.
Myanmar’s latest move puts at risk the Rohingyas on the Tambru border.
Nearly 700,000 Rohingyas fled Myanmar for Bangladesh after insurgent attacks on Aug 25 sparked a military crackdown that the UN says amounted to ethnic cleansing, with reports of arson attacks, murder and rape.
The UN refugee agency has expressed concern that thousands of people staying on the strip of land, dubbed “no man’s land” would be forcibly returned without enough care for their safety.
