Staff Reporter:
Thirty four members of Myanmar’s military and Border Guard Police (BGP), who had taken refuge in Bangladesh a few month back, were repatriated to Myanmar yesterday.
Alongside them, six Myanmar civilians—five detained in Cox’s Bazar jail and one in Patuakhali jail—who had completed their prison sentences, were also repatriated to their home country.
The repatriation process was carried out this afternoon through a civilian aircraft of Myanmar from Cox’s Bazar Airport, said a foreign ministry’s press release here.
The 34 military and BGP personnel had fled due to the violence in Rakhine State and taken refuge in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban between December and January last.
Since then, they had been under the custody of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
After the Myanmar government completed their identification and necessary documentation, the individ-uals were returned to Myanmar.
The repatriation process was conducted under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with support from the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Security Services Division, Cox’s Bazar district administra-tion, district police, BGB, Civil Aviation Authority, Customs, and other relevant authorities.
Diplomats from the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka were present during the repatriation.
Earlier, a total of 875 members of Myanmar’s BGP and other personnel were repatriated to Myanmar via the sea route in four phases last year.
