Myanmar Seeks Return of 8 Policemen Who Sought Refuge in India
A senior official of the state home department stated that at least 11 police personnel and five other civilians have crossed the border and have taken refuge in Mizo villages.
A man rides his motorised two-wheeler across the Indo-Myanmar border bridge at the border town of Moreh, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
New Delhi: Myanmar has sought the return of eight policemen who crossed into Indian territory, even as the north-eastern state braced for more refugees with the Myanmarese military junta intensifying its security crackdown on pro-democracy protestors.
Authorities in Myanmar have asked India to return several police officers who sought refuge to avoid taking orders from a military junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country last month, an official in northeast India said on Saturday.
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Around 30 Myanmar police and their family members came across the border seeking refuge in recent days, as the junta’s suppression of protesters turned increasingly violent, with dozens killed since the Feb.1 coup.
Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon yesterday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy. The country has been in turmoil since a February 1 putsch ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power, triggering a massive