2021-01-07
Rohingya Muslims sit on the ground
during a police raid on two houses where they were staying while en
route to Malaysia, in Shwepyitha township, Myanmar's Yangon region, Jan.
6, 2021.Photo courtesy of Yangon Region Police Force
Myanmar police arrested nearly 100 undocumented Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar’s Rakhine state for illegal travel after raiding two houses in Yangon on Wednesday, saying that they had been trafficked and were heading to Malaysia.
Authorities, who discovered the group after following a suspicious man who could not speak Burmese to one of the houses in the country’s largest city, said Thursday that they charged four people with criminal persuasion and human trafficking.
Authorities, who discovered the group after following a suspicious man who could not speak Burmese to one of the houses in the country’s largest city, said Thursday that they charged four people with criminal persuasion and human trafficking.