Arakan News Agency
Nine Rohingya people were killed when a boat sank in the Naf River on the Bangladeshi-Myanmar border. Displaced Rohingya Muslims who fled the Arakan region after they were killed by attacks by the Myanmar army and its extremist Buddhist militia.
According to the Associated Press, “Mohammad Maanuddin Khan,” a police official in the region of Teknaf , said that a boat carrying fleeing Rohingya drowned in the river “Naf” while trying to enter Bangladesh, last night.
Khan explained that the Bangladeshi authorities recovered in the morning the bodies of nine people who were on board the sunken boat.
He pointed to the lack of information or details about the total number of passengers on the boat.
In a related context, local sources told Anadolu, that one boat carrying 100 Rohingya Muslims on board from Myanmar to Bangladesh is for $ 100 per person.
According to local sources, the boat owners are Bangladeshi fishermen, and most of the money obtained from displaced people fleeing from injustice in Myanmar goes to the powerful and influential in the region.
Nine Rohingya Muslims Drowned on Myanmar and Bangladesh Border
