India Accuses China of Helping Rebel Groups on Myanmar Border

Bloomberg

Sudhi Ranjan Sen
7 December 2020,

• India sent thousands of troops to region as tensions increased
• China denies supplying weapons to ‘non-state actors’
  

Photographer: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas.

Armed groups in Myanmar -- including the United Wa State Army and the Arakan Army, which was designated a terrorist organization this year -- are acting as Beijing’s proxies by supplying weapons and providing hideouts to insurgent groups in India’s northeastern states, according to Indian officials with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified due to rules for speaking with the media.

FEATURED Rohingya Muslims Big Threat To Indian Defense Installations In Jammu & Kashmir

The Our Asian Times
December 20, 2019
EurAsian Times

 Thousands of illegal Rohingya Muslims have occupied areas in proximity to the vital defence installations in Jammu and Kashmir including Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 Rohingya Muslims are residing in different parts of Jammu district.

According to a J&K Home department “a total number of 6523 Rohingya Muslims were found living across 39 different places across five districts of Jammu and Kashmir”. According to this report, “6461 Rohingyas were staying in Jammu division and 62 in Kashmir division.

Rohingya man arrested at Delhi airport with fake Indian passport

hindustantimes
Anvit Srivastava
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Updated: May 19, 2019

The FIR that the police filed in this case, mentions that Faisal had submitted an application to the UNHCR, New Delhi, for the consideration of his refugee status

 The Delhi Police said that the man, one Mohammed Faisal, had applied for refugee status with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and his application was under consideration(FilePhotos)

A 24-year-old Rohingya from Myanmar was arrested from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday for allegedly procuring a fake Indian passport and an Aadhaar card to travel to Indonesia from the national capital.

Indian journalist receives death threats for saving Kashmiri students

THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE

By News Desk
Published: March 13, 2019

Sagrika Kissu helped arrange lodging, transport for 18 students.PHOTO COURTESY: HUFFINGTON POST 

 

 

A 26-year-old Indian journalist has been at the receiving end of death threats from hard-line groups in the country for helping save Kashmiri students post Pulwana attack.