3,000 Refugees Rounded up by 700 Myanmar Soldiers in Rakhine, Myanmar
Army officers, police, and immigration officers inside the temple where 3,000 IDPs inside 3,000 Refugees Rounded up by 700 Myanmar Soldiers in Rakhine, Myanmar June 11, 2019 Myanmar army LID 11 and 22 with 700 soldiers have been rounding up 3,000 IDPs inside the Buddhist temple in Puaktaw Pyin village, Pannaygun township, since June 10, 2019. Three hundred soldiers are taking positions on the front gate and around the village while other 400 troops are in the mountains and forests behind the temple. The thousand refugees from several villages have been taking shelter in the temple since last week after clashes were broken out between Myanmar army and Arakan Army. Some shells and gunfire landed inside the villages. On June 10, thirty soldiers and four police approached the gate of the temple and attempted to enter inside where 3,000 refugees are inside. Then, the chief monk asked whether they had a search warrant from the court and ques...