August 26, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 07:41 PM, August 26, 2017
Rohingya influx: Dhaka summons Myanmar envoy
Rohingyas from Rakhine State in Myanmar gather near the border yesterday in Ukhia where border guards stopped them from entering. At least 89 people, including 12 security forces, were killed as insurgents besieged border posts in Rakhine, triggering a fresh exodus of refugees towards Bangladesh. Photo: AFP
Star Online Report
Bangladesh government today summoned Myanmar envoy to Dhaka urging the neighbouring country to stop any fresh influx of Rohingyas.
Mahbub-uz-Zaman, secretary (Bilateral of Asian and the Pacific) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, summoned Aung Myint, deputy chief of mission at Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka, this afternoon, sources at the ministry said.
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Fresh influx on
In the wake of Rohingya insurgents' attacks on police and army personnel in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, Bangladesh yesterday saw a sudden
influx of Rohingyas who fled Myanmar for fear of persecution.
More than a thousand Rohingyas, including women and children, crossed the Naf river early in the morning and entered Bangladesh through several points along the Teknaf and Ukhia borders.
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Violence in Rakhine State: Deadly attacks in Myanmar kill 89
Meanwhile, Dhaka also handed over a protest note to the Myanmar envoy as the neighbouring country’s army in a statement used the “term Bengali to describe Rohingyas”.
In a statement yesterday, Myanmar army said that "
extremist Bengali insurgents attacked a police station in Maungdaw region in northern Rakhine state with a handmade bomb explosive and held co-ordinated attacks on several police posts at 01:00".
The statement came following the death of at least 89 people as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine state yesterday, triggering a fresh exodus of refugees towards Bangladesh.