Pages with references to "Rakhine" from "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 29 October 2019

Description: 

"A search and rescue column of Tatmadaw founded Police Constable Sai Naing Aung near Kyauktan village in Rakhine State, according to the report of Office of Commander in Chief. He was one of the abductees taken AA armed group on 26 October. The police constable and the released abductees said that a Tatmadaw officer purchased a ticket for Shwenadi Watercraft from Sittway to Buthidaung, mentioning his name and military rank. The information about a military officer in the passengers was released and AA armed group stopped the vessel near Yemyat village. They called the name of that military officer and took him and some passengers. The AA members also used three motorboats to bring the remaining passengers, heading to Kyauktan village. While some members of AA group and passengers were awaiting vessels on the bank, the five abductees, including Police Constable Sai Naing Aung, were tied and shot by small weapons before dropping into water. The police constable was flowing in the water with a gun injury before he was found by the search and rescue column of Tatmadaw. Tatmadaw used helicopters and ground units to find the abductees, and 15 of them have been rescued until now. Shwenadi Watercraft line is under investigation for the information release about passengers and the Tatmadaw search and rescue columns are finding more abductees..."

Source/publisher: 

Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"

Date of Publication: 

2019-10-29

Date of entry: 

2019-10-29

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

Language: 

English

Local URL: 

Format: 

pdf

Size: 

141.9 KB

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good