Myanmar troops keep fleeing to Bangladesh

NEW AGE
Muktadir Rashid and Mustafizur Rahman 
Published: Feb 07,2024

Border Guard Bangladesh personnel detain a Myanmar national (centre), who crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border illegally, in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. ­— AFP photo 

 

At least 158 Myanmar troops with arms and ammunition and government officials fled conflicts to bordering Bangladesh alone on Tuesday and sought shelter crossing the international border amid intense fighting between Myanmar forces and the ethnic rebel group, the Arakan Army.