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Bangladesh also steps up security

Burma amasses more troops, digs trenches along border

From Our Correspondent
COX S BAZAR. Dec 24: The Burmese army continued to reinforce Its positions along the border Tuesday-while people' in Bangladesh territory remained tense, fearing further attacks.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh authorities have also stepped up security along the border, an official tn Cox's Bazar said.
He, however, did not elaborate.
People in the bordering areas of Cox's Bazar and Bandarban districts alleged that Burmese military forces
Tuesday amassed more than 20.000 troops with sophisticated weapons, a few miles off from the Bangladesh border.
Local people reported that the Burmese army have also dug trenches taking position in the Burmese civilian areas.
in a delayed- response to Bangladesh's offer for a flag meeting. Burmese authorities in a letter Tuesday afternoon sought time for holding the meeting, officials in Cox's Bazar said.
But the Burmese authorities did not specify the time
for holding the meeting, they added.
People In Gundhum area in Naikhyangchhari upazila said they had seen huge troops movement In Burmese territory along the border.
Our Staff Correspondent adds:
Myanmar (Burma) is evacu-aUng the civilians from the forward areas of its border along Bangladesh following amassing of its troops with sophisticated weapons, reliable sources in Dhaka said on Tuesday.
The evacuation and the troops build-up came following Saturday's attack by Myanmar security forces on a Bangladesh border outpost that left a BDR Jawan and a civilian killed and another 22 injured.
Myanmar's military movement panicked the Bangladeshi civilians in the bordering villages who started fleeing fearing more attacks from across the frontier.
A highly-placed Bangladesh government source, however, told The Daily Star on Tuesday that Myanmar's troops build-up along the border was not against Bangladesh According to him the troops arc being amassed possibly to wipe out the Insurgency by the Rohingya Muslims of Arakan province on Moynmar's west coast.
"The troops build up has nothing to do with Bangladesh It is apparently to tackle their Internal Insurgency.' the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Bangladesh still views that Saturday s attack was an isolated Incident. However. Dhaka Is tak ng no chance. Official sources In Dhaka and the border district of Cox’s Bazar toM The Daily Star that Bangladesh’s border outposts along the area have been retn-forred by army on Tuesday
The also confirmed that Myanmar has sealed off the entry points at Tckhnaf. which ‘s used by both Burmese and Bangldcsh citizens for visiting border areas of each other's country on short-time transit passes
The tension along the border mounted as Bangladesh la trying lo send an estimated 50,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees to their homes In Arakan. The Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). a group representing the Rohingya Muslima, says they haw set up at least 12 camps along in the jungles of Arakan to wage a guerilla war against Myanmar’s military govern-ment