On the bridge over the Tiau river in Mizoram
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The support for Myanmarese refugees is strong in Mizoram because of a long and deeply shared cultural history, a connection that cannot be ignored
Salai Uk Thang, 31, a policeman from Myanmar’s Sagaing Division, knew his arrest was imminent. Last month, Thang had joined the civil disobedience movement, a rapidly expanding resistance movement that has attracted tens of thousands of Myanmarese in the wake of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February. He, like many police personnel, fled Myanmar.
Thang’s instinctive choice was to head to Mizoram, divided from Myanmar by a porous international border, part of which is formed by the 159-km long Tiau river.
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2137 Myanmar nationals including those who said they are police and firemen and recently fled to India flash the three-finger salute at an undisclosed location in Indias northeastern state of Mizoram, near the India-Myanmar border, on March 15, 2021. Reuters file photo
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At least 14 lawmakers are among over 2,200 people from Myanmar who have taken refuge in Mizoram after fleeing their country to avoid detention following the military takeover in February, a police official said Monday.
The police official said that the 14 members of Myanmar Parliament are from Chin state and Sagaing region and they belonged to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) the party that had won the November 2020 election.
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