Aizawl, June 16: Chief Minister of Myanmar’s Chin state, Salai Lian Luai has taken shelter in India’s Mizoram from the military coup that hit neighbouring country while 9,250 Myanmarese, including women and, have already taken refuge in the bordering state, officials said on Tuesday night.
Bordered with Bangladesh, China, a state in Western Myanmar, shares its western border with the northeastern state of Mizoram.
A senior official of Mizoram Home Department said on Tuesday night that the Chin state Chief Minister came to Champhai town in eastern Mizoram on Monday night.
The official on condition of anonymity said that 24 lawmakers, including Luai, of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), have taken shelter in different districts of Mizoram, especially in the bordering areas.
“The 9,250 Myanmarese nationals are provided shelter and food by various civil society, student and youth organisations and NGOs. Many of the Myanmarese are also being sheltered by the locals,” the official said.
A majority of those who have taken shelter in the bordering state belong to the Chin, also known as the Zo community who share the same ancestry, ethnicity and culture as the Mizos of Mizoram.
