Myanmar Navy Detains 50 Rohingya Who Were Trying to Leave Country

Radio Free Asia
2020-02-13

Naval authorities bring in Rohingya boat people discovered in a vessel in waters off a beach near Pauk Hla Gyaing village, Panthein township, in southern Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region, Feb. 12, 2020. RFA video screensho 

The Myanmar Navy has detained roughly 50 Rohingya refugees at sea in southern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region, while local authorities have apprehended five suspected human traffickers who allegedly helped them try to leave the country for an unknown destination, a local official said Thursday.

Myanmar Navy to Join US-led Maritime Exercise in South China Sea

The Irrawaddy
By Moe Myint
27 August 2019

Naval officers wave from the Kyan Sitt Thar warship to their senior commanders as they leave Yangon in a photo posted by the Myanmar navy to Facebook on Monday, August 26, 2019. / Myanmar navy / Facebook 

 

YANGON—Myanmar’s navy said on Monday it is traveling to the Gulf of Thailand to take part in a five-day maritime exercise led by the United States with seven ASEAN navies.

Army Officer, 2 Navy Personnel Killed in AA Rocket Attack in Rakhine

The Irrawaddy
By Moe Myint
22 July 2019

A Myanmar Navy frigate, F-23, docks at the Danyawaddy Naval Base in southern Rakhine's Kyaukphyu Township. / Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy

YANGON—An army captain and two naval personnel based in southern Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township were killed when the Arakan Army (AA) launched rocket attacks on two naval vessels on a river in Myebon Township last Friday.

A staff member from Kyaukphyu General Hospital confirmed to The Irrawaddy on Monday that three bodies arrived for postmortems on Saturday. According to the staff member, the bodies were identified as those of an army captain from Kyaukphyu-based Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 543 and two personnel from Danyawaddy Naval Base, situated 4 kilometers east of downtown Kyaukphyu. Some Kyaukphyu locals said that the army officer was identified as Captain Soe Htet Aung.