19 Myanmar police cross into India, seeking refuge

Nineteen Myanmar police officers on Thursday crossed into India to seek refuge there, a senior police official said.

At least 19 Myanmar police officers have crossed over into India and are seeking refuge there, a senior police official told Reuters. The men crossed into Champai and Serchhip, two districts in the northeastern state of Mizoram that share a porous border with Myanmar, the official said, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue. All the men, who are lower-ranking policemen, were unarmed, the official said. "We are expecting more (people) to come," he said, citing intelligence reports.