‘Death sentence awaits us’: Coup-hit Myanmar officers in India

AlJazeera
Sadiq Naqvi
17 Mar 2021

  Dozens of Myanmar police officers and citizens who fled February 1 coup to India now face an uncertain future and fear for their families back home.

Kunga (name changed) at an undisclosed location in Mizoram where Myanmar citizens are taking shelter [Sadiq Naqvi/Al Jazeera]

Mizoram, India – Weeks after the February 1 military coup in Myanmar, Kunga, a 24-year-old low-ranking member of the Myanmar army, was ordered a new set of duties: to spy on the civil disobedience movement (CDM) protesters in Tonzang town of Chin state.

Soon after, he deserted the military, joined the CDM and escaped to neighbouring India.

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Kunga is among dozens of Myanmar security officials and citizens who have escaped to the northeastern parts of India amid a military crackdown on anti-coup protesters. Reports say at least 180 people have died in the violence in Myanmar.

Mizoram: 23 Nepali girls rescued, 8 Rohingya women still detained

EASTMOJO
Henry L Khojol
01 May, 2019 

The girls in their teens were allegedly trafficked from Nepal and were suspected to be sent to Southeast Asian countries via Mizoram for forced prostitution, say police

Aizawl: At least 23 girls from Nepal allegedly trafficked for flesh trade were rescued by Mizoram police, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.

Mizoram Inspector General of Police (intelligence and law and order) LH Shanliana told EastMojo that the Nepali girls, believed to be victims of human trafficking, were rescued from Aizawl and Champhai near Myanmar border last week.

Nepali, Rohingya Muslim girls rescued in Mizoram

Business Standard
IANS  |  Aizawl   

Updated at May 1, 2019 

The Mizoram Police have rescued 31 teenage Nepali and Rohingya Muslim girls, suspected to be victims of human trafficking, an official said on Wednesday.

"Police last week rescued 23 Nepali and eight Rohingya Muslim girls. We suspect these girls, aged between 15 to 22 years, are victims of human trafficking," Inspector General of Mizoram Police (Law and Order), L.H. Shanliana, told IANS.