Narinjara News
Burma-Bangladesh prisoner exchange postponed
The upcoming exchange of prisoners
between the two neighboring countries of
He did not, however, want to reveal the reason behind the postponement after
the two neighboring countries agreed on the 12 March exchange.
According to a press release of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry before 12
March, the Burmese authority is to soon release 75 Bangladeshi prisoners from
several jails in
The Bangladeshi authority was also set to return 115 Burmese prisoners from the
Cox's Bazar jail to
Now that the exchange has been indefinitely postponed the prisoners are still
languish in their respective prisons in
The Bangladeshi prisoners that are now being detained in various jails in Burma
are serving various jail terms, ranging from 2 to 25 years, while some Burmese
prisoners in Bangladeshi prisons have already served over 25 years.
According to border sources, Burmese officials from several departments
including the Foreign Ministry, Immigration Department, and the Manpower
Department have not yet reached an agreement to accept Burmese prisoners from
People from Akyab that are close to the local jail
authority said that the process of the exchange of prisoners may be delayed at
least three months because some of the Burmese prisoner's addresses are wrong
and the authority does not have the means to look for their address in Burma.
The decision to exchange the prisoners was a gesture of the warm relationship
between the two countries following the visit of
A Burmese official said that Bangladeshi prisoners in
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