The Rapid Action Battalion had on Friday detained 11 aid workers
DHAKA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh police authority
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite force of the Bangladesh police, had on Friday detained 11 aid workers with a number of different non-government organizations (NGOs) and handed them over to local police.
Mohammad Abul Khair,
"All of them were going to a refugees' camp from Cox's Bazar by their own vehicles, but they could not produce their passport, visa or work permit," Khair told Reuters.
"All of them were freed later after their written undertaking that in future they will not visit any camp or will not come out without a valid passport or visa," Khair added.
Nearly 700,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar's Rakhine State and crossed into Bangladesh since
(Reporting by Serajul Quadir; Additional reporting by Nurul Islam; Editing by David Holmes)
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