How Should Bangladesh Handle Myanmar’s Fleeing Soldiers?

THEIDIPLOMAT
By Shahariar Sadat and Arafat Reza
March 15, 2024

More and more Myanmar troops are seeking refuge in Bangladesh. Dhaka can use this situation to its advantage.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detain Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) and security forces seeking refuge in Cox’s Bazar district in Banglades

On February 6, 264 members of Myanmar’s border and security forces took shelter in Bangladesh to escape heavy fighting between Myanmar’s army and the Arakan Army. They were disarmed by the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and taken to a safe shelter. Those who sustained critical injuries were given treatment at local hospitals.

Two Myanmar Soldiers Taken to the Hague After Confessing to Rohingya Killings: Reports

The Washington Post
By Reuters
Sept. 8, 2020

(Reuters) - Two Myanmar soldiers have been taken to The Hague after confessing to murdering minority Rohingya Muslims during a 2017 crackdown, two news organisations and a rights group reported on Tuesday.

The two men admitted to killing dozens of villagers in northern Rakhine state and burying them in mass graves, according to the New York Times, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the non-profit Fortify Rights, citing statements the men made on videos filmed in Myanmar this year.

'Kill All You See': In a First, Myanmar Soldiers Tell of Rohingya Slaughter

The New York Times
By Hannah Beech, Saw Nang and Marlise Simons

Sept. 8, 2020

Video testimony from two soldiers supports widespread accusations that Myanmar's milatray tried to eradicate the ethnic minority in genocidal campaign.

The remains of a Rohingya school in Rakhine State in western Myanmar last year.Credit...Adam Dean for The New York Times

The two soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations and rape.

The August 2017 order from his commanding officer was clear, Pvt. Myo Win Tun said in video testimony. “Shoot all you see and all you hear.”

AA and locals accuse Tatmadaw soldiers of torching homes in Buthidaung Township

BNI
Development Media Group

Thursday, October 10, 2019  
by - Kyaw Chit

Some houses being set ablaze in Kuntaung Village, Buthidaung Township.

The Arakan Army (AA) stated on October 8 that a faction of No 22 Tatmadaw troop burned down homes in Nwar Yone Taung and Kun Taung villages in Buthidaung Township on October 3 and 4.

U Hla Shwe, Buthidaung Township’s administrator, confirmed that the houses in Kun Taung village were destroyed by fire on October 4, while U Aung Thaung Shwe, a member of the Pyithu Hluttaw, also said that he saw from Zedi Taung village a group of Tatmadaw soldiers set fires in Kun Taung village.