More than 200 border guard personnel along with their families fled area-5Nga Khura border guard outpost in northern Maungdaw township on  thenight of Saturday, said reliable sources.

"They fled through the waterway using boats ataround 10 pm on 13 April. They may have escaped to Bangladesh or Yae MyatTaung," said the source.

A resident of Nga Khura confirmed that the borderguard personnel left the outpost and their number will be more than 200.

"If the family members are included their totalwill be over 200. Theyfled using boats, presumably towards Bangladesh. It remains unclear whetherthey actually headed towards the neighbouring country,” stated the source.

The AA fighters seized the outpost and were in the process of clearing thearea.

Regarding the Nga Khura outpost, Narinjara News isstill in touch with ULA/AA official U Khaing Thukha for more updates.