Narinjara News, 1 April 2022

The Myanmar border police on Wednesday arrested 11 Muslims as they tried to enter aMyanmar territory illegally.

According to concerned local authorities, the detaineesinclude five male and six female along with two children. They were arrested inthe morning hours from the international border between the two countries.

Theytried to cross the border-fencing on the Maungdaw township , reported Rakhine daily newsoutlets. It is not yet clear why those people wanted to get into Myanmar (fromBangladesh).

However, a local official stated that they might have comefrom a Burmese Muslim refugee camp inside Bangladesh.

They are currently put in quarantine as the Covid-19protocols. They are prosecuted by the Burmese immigration department underrelevant laws, the officialsaid.