29 Myanmar BGP members take shelter in Bangladesh again

Twenty nine members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have fled to Bangladesh again amid clashes between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group.

Md Shariful Islam, Public Relations Officer at Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) Headquarters, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Monday morning.

He said a total of 29 BGP members have taken shelter in Bangladesh from Angthapaya Camp of the BGP force through the border area of Bandarban’s Jamchari union under Naikhongchhari BGB’s Battalion 11.

Earlier, on February 15, a total of 330 members of Myanmar forces and others officials, who crossed the border and took shelter in Bangladesh amid the conflict going on in Myanmar, were sent back to their country.