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Exclusive: Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border - government sources in Dhaka
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By Krishna N. Das

Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the purpose may have been to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence.

Bangladesh will on Wednesday formally lodge a protest against the laying of land mines so close to the border, said the sources who had direct knowledge of the situation but asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

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Well, that's a new development... barricades in Rohingya Pong.
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