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BKK Post, March 7, 1998 Burmese re



BKK Post, March 7, 1998
Burmese  refugees arrested 


Chittagong , AFP
 Bangladesh Police Arrested 64 Burmese refugees from a camp in south-eastern Bangladesh yesterday following clashes during which part of the camp was set ablaze, officials here said.

   Police, with help from the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles, raided the troubled Kutupalong camp near the frontier town Cox's Bazar early yesterday,they said. 

   There was not violence or resistance reported. 
  
   The previous day's violence, reportedly spearheaded by an anti-repatriation group, left
30 people injured, including policemen, local refugee officials said.

   Earlier reports said paramilitary troops were deployed at Kutupalong and nearby Noapara camps, sheltering some 21,000 ofthe refugees, after local authorities reported tension among rival groups following the death last week of an elderly inmate. 
   
   The refugees claimed he was tortured to death by police, who deny the charges, saying it was a natural death.