3 more Myanmar soldiers enter Bangladesh

Three more members of the Myanmar military have taken shelter after fleeing through the Tambru border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban early Saturday (March 30).

They took shelter in Tambru Government Primary School after entering through the Tambru border of Ward 2 of Ghumdhum UP in the upazila, confirmed Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Shah Mujahid Uddin.

According to the locals, the three Myanmar soldiers have taken refuge in Bangladesh because they could not survive the war with the rebels in the ongoing power struggle between the government junta forces and the rebels inside Myanmar. They were later disarmed and sheltered at Tambru Government Primary School.

Earlier on March 11, 179 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP), including three officers of the Myanmar Army, fled to Bangladesh through the Jamchhari border in Naikhongchhari.