The junta government of Rakhine State has revealed that agroup of Muslims who entered Sittwe,the capital of Rakhine state, illegally from Bangladesh were apprehendedin recent days in Sittwe township.

Abu Roshi (28 years old, son of Affi Sutan) was apprehendedyesterday at 1 p.m. from the Di Lu Labe juice shop on the Sittwe-Pinllin Byint road in the Rakhine capitalcity Sittwe.

He is a resident of Buthidaung township's Atwin Ngat Thayvillage and has been working in Bangladesh since 2012.

He was arrested as he arrived in Sittwe by boat from Teknaf,a border town in Bangladesh opposite Maungdaw, with the intention of departingfor Malaysia.

Previously, three Muslims who had entered Rakhine Stateillegally from Bangladesh were apprehended at the intersection of theMansi-Thet Kay Byint road in Bumayvillage, Sittwe township.

Mamat Tu Song (75), Jama Hussain (50), and Mamat Shauris(65), the arrested individuals, are Maungdaw township residents. Securitypersonnel apprehended them when they returned from Bangladesh illegally viaboat.

They were later charged under the country's immigration lawby junta officials

Photo:Rakhine Daily