330 border guard police personnel, fled to Bangladesh, handed over to Myanmar

On Thursday morning, 330 Myanmar border guard police personnel, who fled to Bangladesh due to armed conflicts, were sent back to Myanmar.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel handed them over to Myanmar officials in a ceremony attended by BGB director general Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui and Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe.

Among them, there are 302 BGP members, one junta soldier, 18 immigration officers and four civilians, who sought refuge in Bangladesh.

They fled to Bangladesh when the Arakan Army (AA) fighters attacked and captured Let Wae and Let Yar camps in Taung Pyo town on 4 and 6 February.

According to Dhaka based media outlets, they will be brought back by a Myanmar navy ship anchored near the Bangladesh border through the jetty ghat at Inani.