KALADAN PRESS
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Burma Handed over 6 Bangladeshi Detainees to Bangladesh
Teknaf, July 6: Nasaka
(Burmese Border Security Force) handed over six Bangladeshi detainees to
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday morning at Maungdaw Township
in Arakan State.
On July 5, 2004, at about 11:00 am, a flag meeting was held between two
border security forces at Nasaka Sector No.8 of Maungdaw Township. Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu Tafnim, Commander of Battalion No. 23 of Teknaf, led Bangladesh
side while Commander of Sector No. 8 led Burma
side. End of the meeting, Nasaka Commander handed
over 6 Bangladeshi detainees to BDR, said Kamal from Teknaf.
The released fishermen are:- Noor Hossain,
son of Late Nurul Islam, Ziaur
Rahman, son of Abdur Rahman, Altaf, son of Shuna Mia, Hasan, son of Rashid
Ahmed, Rahim, son of Mohd. Shafi and Sayed, son of Abdul
Hakim hailing from Mistri Para of Shafurir
Dip, Teknaf, he further said.
It is learnt that on June 17, 2004,
a Bangladeshi fishing trawler with 9 fishermen was hit by storm and capsized
near Saint Martin Island of Bangladesh while fishing in Bay
of Bangal.
Two fishermen were killed while seven others reached ashore of Arakan Coast
by swimming, said our source.
Afterwards, the Nasaka arrested and kept them in
detention cell of Maungdaw
Town while one of them named Hafizullah could manage to escape with cooperation of local
villagers of Burma,
he further added.
Finally, these detainees have got release on negotiation between security
forces of both countries, he continued.
Though Nasaka handed over these 6 detainees but their
abduction of Bangladeshi is continued. They abducted 2 Bangladeshi fishermen on
2nd July and 3 other nationals on 4th July 2004 from Naf River.
In fact, the Nasaka suspects that the people who
found in Naf
River are Rohingyas
(Arakanese). So, Nasaka
wants to halt their income sources, said Anwar from Hoikong.# #
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