Five more members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) have taken shelter at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar Bangladesh amid the ongoing conflict with the armed group Arakan Army (AA)

They entered Bangladesh after crossing whykong border in Teknaf around 11:30pm on Sunday night (14 April) said Teknaf BGB Battalion Commander Lt Col Mohiuddin Ahmed.

He said a total of 14 people from Myanmar have taken shelter in the country in two days and the injured are being treated.

On 30 March, three members of the Myanmar Army took refuge in Bangladesh after entering through the Naikhongchhari border. Also on 11 March, another 177 BGP and army personnel took shelter.

Before this, another 330 people took refuge in Bangladesh in several phases who were later sent back to Myanmar on 15 February.