More than 100 people fleeing Myanmar enter Indian village
WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press
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GAUHATI, India (AP) More than 100 people fleeing Myanmar have entered a small village in India’s northeast, adding to scores who had already arrived since last month s military coup in the neighboring Southeast Asian country, a village leader said Sunday.
A total of 116 Myanmar nationals crossed the Tiau River and reached Farkawn Village through a stretch where India’s paramilitary Assam Rifles personnel were not present, said Ramliana, president of the Farkawn Village Council, a community-based body. He uses one name.
There was no immediate comment from state or federal government officials. The village is in Mizoram state.