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.

Myanmar finds troops guilty in Rohingya atrocities court-martial

Aljazeera

30 Jun 2020

In rare action, three military officers found guilty as Myanmar faces genocide charges at UN court over 2017 crackdown.

 Some 750,000 Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh with accounts of widespread murder, rape and arson [File: Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Three Myanmar military officers have been found guilty by a court-martial investigating atrocities against the Rohingya in conflict-ridden Rakhine state, the army announced.

The rare action against members of the military on Tuesday comes as Myanmar faces charges of genocide at the UN's top court over a brutal 2017 crackdown against the Rohingya.

Some 750,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh during the crackdown, carrying with them accounts of widespread murder, rape and arson.