Myanmar writes to Mizoram govt, seeks handover of 8 cops who fled coup-hit nation

Myanmar has requested the administration in Mizoram to ship again eight policemen, who’ve apparently crossed over to the northeastern state to take refuge, following final month’s army coup within the neighbouring nation, an official right here stated.
Mizoram shares a 510-km-long porous border with Myanmar, the place mass demonstrations are being held in protest towards the declaration of a year-long emergency by the nation’s armed forces.
According to Maria CT Zuali, the deputy commissioner in Champai district, her counterpart in Myanmar’s Falam has sought the “handover of eight police personnel who fled the neighbouring country and entered India”.
“I have received a letter from the deputy commissioner of Falam district in Myanmar seeking the detainment and handover of eight police personnel to Naypyitaw as a friendly gesture,” Zuali instructed PTI on Saturday.
The letter, a replica of which was obtainable with PTI, stated that eight police personnel from Myanmar have escaped to India.
“In order to uphold friendly relations between the two neighbouring countries, you are kindly requested to detain eight Myanmar police personnel who had arrived in Indian territories and handover to Myanmar,” the letter undersigned by Falam district deputy commissioner Saw Htun Win acknowledged.
A prime official of the state’s house division had stated on Friday that 16 individuals from Myanmar have crossed over to India over the previous couple of days, of which 11 have claimed that they have been police personnel.
He additionally stated that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has been apprised of all the newest developments, and the state authorities is ready for a “direction” from the Centre.
Sources within the Assam Rifles, which guards the Mizoram-Myanmar border, stated about 35 Myanmarese have sneakedinto the state to date.
Assam Rifles DIG Brigadier Digvijay Singh, on his half, stated safety has been stepped up alongside the border to cease infiltration from the trouble-torn nation.
“Several people have attempted to cross the border… We did not push them back by force but politely told them that they cannot illegally enter the Indian Territory. Many of them have returned,” Singh, who’s tenting at Champhai, instructed PTI over telephone.