At the flag meeting with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday, Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) claimed that they had heard a gunshot from the Bangladesh side in the morning. Locals, Rohingya refugees, and a number of BGB officials said they had heard no gunfire from Bangladesh territory in the morning. Lt Col Monzurul Hassan Khan, leading the seven-member BGB team, said gunshots were often heard from the Myanmar side of the border. Myanmar troops in three pickups and seven trucks, equipped with heavy weapons, reportedly went to Taung Pyo Letwe on March 1. About 15 to 20 minutes before Friday’s flag meeting, Myanmar troops on six vehicles were seen in the border area.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 03, 2018 12:11 UTC