Junta troops apprehended a drifting boat containing 66 Rohingya, six of whom had died, off the coast from Gayatgyi Village in Ayeyarwaddy Region’s Amar Township on 29 August.

According to a resident of Gayatgyi Village there had been two boats. The one captured by the junta troops had engine failure and was just drifting and the other boat escaped before the troops arrived.

He said: “I heard that there were two boats in all. One of the boats escaped after being shot at by the junta navy. 66 Rohingya people were captured on the boat, [of them] three men and three women had already died on the boat.”He added that whilst the junta forces were transporting the Rohingya to Bogale Police Station in Ayeyarwaddy Region’s Bogale Township a Rohingya child died.

Currently, the remaining 59 Rohingya are being held at Bogale Police Station. They are in poor health due to a lack of food and water according to people who have knowledge of what is happening at the police station.