85 Bangladeshis deported, 123 members of Myanmar security forces repatriated

By Admin 30 Sep 2024

DMG Newsroom
30 September 2024, Sittwe

Eighty-five Bangladeshi citizens returned home from Myanmar prisons while 123 members of Myanmar security forces, including Border Guard Police and army, were sent back from Cox's Bazar on Sunday, according to local news outlets in Bangladesh.

The Myanmar Navy ship UMS Chin Dwin carried the Bangladeshis and anchored at the Bangladesh coast to take back the members of the Myanmar defence forces who fled the armed conflict in Arakan State.

The deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar, Mohammad Salahuddin, reportedly confirmed the exchange.

A person monitoring the military situation in Arakan State said that seeing the regime's exchange of soldiers and civilians was an indication that its military strength is decreasing.

"The regime has done prisoner exchanges four times including this time. The exchange of imprisoned soldiers and civilians by the regime makes very clear that it is weakening. Most of the Bangladeshi citizens were arrested for illegally crossing the border on boats and the junta soldiers and police had to flee as if they had lost the war," he said.

Among the Bangladeshi citizens released from Myanmar prisons were three from Kyaikmaraw Prison, 26 from Mawlamyine Prison, 16 from Pathein Prison, and a combined 40 from Sittwe and Kyaukphyu prisons.

Bangladesh repatriated 330 members of the Myanmar security forces in February, 288 in April, 134 in June and 123 in September.