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Mizzima: Four Burma army deserters



Four Burma army deserters arrested in Mizoram State of India

Aizawl : February 19, 2000
Mizzima News Group

Four Burma armymen were arrested by the police in Mizoram State of India
near a village in Champhai district. The armymen believed to be
deserters from Light Infantry Battalion No. 266 of Burma Army were
arrested on February 17 near the border village of Kelkang in Champhai
district.

They reportedly deserted from a Burma army outpost stationed at Rid
village of Burma, which is bordering with Mizoram's Zokhawthar village.
According to Mizoram Home Ministry sources, three G-3 assault rifles and
ammunitions were seized from the deserters. The state police is
currently holding them in Champhai police station under investigation.

In recent years, a number of soldiers have been deserting from Burma
army, particularly from the battalions stationed along the border areas
of the country. Indian government had, in 1996, handed over eleven Burma
army defectors to the hands of authorities in Burma and the defectors
were reportedly tortured and sentenced long-term imprisonment by the
junta in Burma.