January 17, 2016

Myanmar border guards kill fisherman on Bangladesh border

A Rohingya fisherman was shot dead by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) while he was fishing on the Naff River at about 9.30 pm on 10 January, according to a report by Burma News International, published on January 15.

According to BNI, another fisherman said the dead man was Mohammed Raffique (19), son of Sayed Alam, from Shweza village in Maungdaw Township.

A fisherman, on condition of anonymity, said that some of the people fishing on the Naff River had received permission to do so from the BGP, but others had not, BNI reports. (Courtesy of Mizzima)

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