Anadolu Agency, Dhaka :
Ignoring concerns of Bangladeshi authorities and Rohingya refugees and in flagrant violation of international law, Myanmar has been constructing a concrete structure in the no-man’s land on its border with Bangladesh’s Ghumdhum area, media reported.
The structure will obstruct the flow of canal Tambru Khal in the area, causing threat of flooding and over 5,000 Rohingya refugees-who have been living in the makeshifts since August 2017 — are at the risk of washing out.
Rohingya leader Dil Mohammad told Anadolu Agency that it is the new tactic of the Myanmar army to oust the Rohingya living there.
“We are living here with the hope that situation will calm down and we will get back our citizenship rights and return to our original birthplace, Rakhine,” Mohammad said.
Since the beginning, he
said, Myanmar armies have been trying to create panic among them so that they left the place.
Kamal Ahmed, deputy commissioner of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, has sent a letter to the cabinet secretary on Tuesday, expressing concern over the construction work and its possible consequences, according to local newspaper the Daily Star.
Ignoring concerns of Bangladeshi authorities and Rohingya refugees and in flagrant violation of international law, Myanmar has been constructing a concrete structure in the no-man’s land on its border with Bangladesh’s Ghumdhum area, media reported.
The structure will obstruct the flow of canal Tambru Khal in the area, causing threat of flooding and over 5,000 Rohingya refugees-who have been living in the makeshifts since August 2017 — are at the risk of washing out.
Rohingya leader Dil Mohammad told Anadolu Agency that it is the new tactic of the Myanmar army to oust the Rohingya living there.
“We are living here with the hope that situation will calm down and we will get back our citizenship rights and return to our original birthplace, Rakhine,” Mohammad said.
Since the beginning, he
said, Myanmar armies have been trying to create panic among them so that they left the place.
Kamal Ahmed, deputy commissioner of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, has sent a letter to the cabinet secretary on Tuesday, expressing concern over the construction work and its possible consequences, according to local newspaper the Daily Star.
