All the 67 passengers, who landed at Kyaukpyu airportfrom Yangon on Sunday, were taken away by the general administrator and juntaforces for interrogation.

An eyewitness informed  Narinjara News that thepassengers arrived in Kyaukphyu by a  Myanmar Airlines plane in the eveninghours on 18 February. They all were shifted to Ramawaddy city hall by cars.

"At around 5 pm, the aeroplane landed. I cannot remember  the flightnumber. We knew that there wereabout 67 passengers. As soon as they disembarked, the authorities put them in aDyna car and took them away,” added the Kyaukphyu resident.

He informed that most of the passengers were men and women in their 20s.

They were taken to the city hall in Ah Soe Ya ward ofKyaukphyu township, where they faced interrogation.However, no further information surfaced from the initiative.

"We don't know the reason behind the interrogation. However we are worriedthat those  young passengers are being interrogated by the soldiers. Theymay also be arrested under some military service laws, as the passengers werenot released till the evening hours," added the eyewitness.

Since the mandatory military service laws wereenforced on 10 February, the junta forces have been conducting the overnightchecking of guest lists of Rakhine families in Yangon and often arresting theRakhine youth.

Due to these arrests, the working Rakhine youth in Yangon are returning totheir places to avoid the harassment of junta forces.