Myanmar border guards seize Banglad

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                            Myanmar border guards seize Bangladeshi
fishermen
                           11:08 a.m. Sep 16, 1998 Eastern

                           COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Sept 16 (Reuters) -
Myanmar border guards have seized
                           seven Bangladeshi fishing boats with 60 crew in
the Bay of Bengal, police said on
                           Wednesday.

                           The police said the Myanmar border guards took
the fishing boats and arrested the
                           fishermen at gunpoint on Tuesday night from near
Bangladesh's St. Martins island.

                           They said Bangladesh border guards on Wednesday
protested the ``illegal intrusion'' of
                           Myanmar border guards into Bangladesh territorial
waters and demanded immediate
                           release of the fishermen.


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