Pathein: Nearly 50 Rohingya Muslims have been detained at sea by Myanmar's navy, a local official said on Friday.
It was not immediately clear where the group started their boat journey but they were likely aiming for Malaysia or Indonesia, predominantly Muslim countries with large Rohingya Diasporas.
Village administrator Myint Thein told AFP by phone the navy had picked up 48 Rohingya men, women and children, as well as five ' traffickers,' at sea on Wednesday evening. An AFP reporter saw the group arrive on Friday morning at Pathein township police station. Agencies unreasonable Myanmar Navy detains around 50 Rohingya at sea Some 7,40,000 Rohingya fled Myanmaru2019s Rakhine to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military crackdown in 2017
