Coast Guard pushes back 125 Rohingyas to Myanmar

The Coast Guard has pushed back more than 100 Rohingyas fleeing a military crackdown in the Myanmar state of Rakhine.

Cox's Bazar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 19 Nov 2016, 07:32 AM
Updated : 19 Nov 2016, 07:42 AM

Seven trawlers, carrying Rohingya Muslims, have been sent back in the early hours of Saturday while they were trying to cross the Naf River in Cox's Bazar.
 
The Coast Guard said that the trawlers were carrying 125 people-- 34 children, 64 females and 27 males.
 
Its Teknaf base's chief Lt Nafiur Rahman said that they have intensified patrol since the Oct 9 attack on security posts of Myanmar border forces in Rakhine state.
 
"A coast guard patrol sent them back while they were trying to enter Bangladesh waters."
 
Reuters has reported that Myanmar Army confirmed death of 130 Rohingyas in the recent military crackdown launched in response to coordinated rebel attacks on three border posts on Oct 9 that killed nine police officers.
 
The bloodshed by Myanmar Army is the most serious since hundreds were killed in communal clashes in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine in 2012, Reuters said in its report.
 
It also said that Myanmar authorities have locked down areas, where the vast majority of residents are Rohingya, shutting out aid workers and independent observers.