‘Arakan Army’ leader, its 3 members sent to jail

A court here on Wednesday sent suspected leader of Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’ Renin Suye and its three members to jail rejecting their bail petitions in two cases filed with Rajasthali police station.Additional judicial magistrate Sabrina Ali passed the order when the four Myanmar nationals-Renin Suye, Jo Su Aung Marma, 42, and Mong Su Aang Marma, 39, Ong U Yang Rakhain- were produced before her court.

The court also acquitted Jo Su Aung Marma, and Mong Su Aang Marma from a case filed under the Foreigners Act, 1946.The court also fixed February 18 for next hearing.Earlier on August 26, tipped off, a team of army and police personnel conducted a joint drive in Kainda union of Rajasthali upazila and arrested Ong U Yang Rakhain, Jo Su Aung Marma, and Mong Su Aang Marma, for their suspected involvement in the activities of the insurgent group.In another drive on October 15, Renin Suye was arrested from Islampur in Rajasthali. -UNB, Rangamati