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Burmese National pushed back

Teknaf, Bangladesh: A Burmese national was pushed back to his country on January 26 by the Bangladesh Rifles, or BDR. The man had entered Bangladesh illegally.
Teknaf, Bangladesh: A Burmese national was pushed back to his country on January 26 by the Bangladesh Rifles, or BDR. The man had entered Bangladesh illegally.
 
Around noon on the day BDR arrested three Rakhines from the Teknaf border area after they crossed the Burma-Bangladesh border. Among them, two were from Bangladeshi and one was a Burmese national.
 
They were identified as Maung Thein Maug (40) from Maungdaw , Burma ,    Zaw Zaw (37) from Aziz Nagor village of Bandarban district and Ruma Thein (28) from Sofalondi village in Cox's Bazaar district. They were arrested near BDR out-post (BOP) in Teknaf.
 
The two Bangladeshis went to Burma a few days ago without documents and returned to Bangladesh accompanied by Maung Thein Maung, the Burmese national.
 
Yesterday, the Burmese national was pushed back to Burma and the two Bangladeshi nationals were handed over to the Teknaf police station.
 
Similarly nineteen Burmese nationals (Rohingyas) were pushed back to Burma from Bangladesh on January 25. They were arrested again by Burmese authorities and detained.