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Myanmar police flee to India, say they refused orders to fire on protesters
A group of Myanmar police officers have fled to neighbouring India after defying orders to shoot people opposed to last month’s military coup.
Key points:
- Locals have provided shelter, beds and food to the Myanmar nationals on humanitarian grounds
- Some of them are trying to connect to families they were forced to leave behind
- India’s Home Ministry told several states bordering Myanmar to prevent refugees from entering India
Thirty-four former police officers and a firefighter, who took refuge in the Indian state of Mizoram, said they fear they may never be able to return home.
Mizoram, in north-east India and shares a border with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
“We were told to shoot our own family if they are not on the side of the army,” said a…
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