Border Guard Police
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| image = Flag of the Myanmar Police Force.svg
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| start_date = 2014–present{{cite web|url=https://moha.gov.mm/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86&Itemid=540&lang=en&d=1|title=Myanmar Police biography}}
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| branch = Special Department of the Myanmar Police Force
| type = Border guard
| role = Border control
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| commander1 = Brig. Gen. Myint Toe{{cite news|title=Maungdaw Border Guard Police Chief Replaced|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/maungdaw-border-guard-police-chief-replaced.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Irrawaddy|date=4 October 2017}}
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The Border Guard Police ({{langx|my|နယ်ခြားစောင့်ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့}}; abbreviated BGP) are a department of Myanmar's Myanmar Police Force.
Duties
The BGP is specialised in border control, counterinsurgency, crowd control and security checkpoints in border areas and insurgent areas, gathering intelligence in local areas to counterinsurgency and counter perpetrators in border areas, internal security, law enforcement in border areas and insurgency areas, and protecting agency assets in risky areas.
In addition to border security, the BGP are also responsible for manning checkpoints and documenting the movement of Rohingyas within Rakhine State.
Operation
The BGP operate in northern Rakhine State and are especially active along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border, due to the ongoing exodus of Rohingya people fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar.{{cite news |last=Aziz |first=Abdul |date=September 25, 2017 |title=Myanmar reinforces barbed wire fence at border |work=Dhaka Tribune |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/09/26/myanmar-reinforces-fence-border/ |accessdate=22 November 2017}}
Incidents
In 2017, insurgents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army have repeatedly attacked BGP posts along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border in revenge for the BGP's mistreatment of the Rohingya.{{cite news |last=Lone |first=Wa |last2=Naing |first2=Shoon |date=2017 |title=At least 71 killed in Myanmar as Rohingya insurgents stage major attack |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/at-least-71-killed-in-myanmar-as-rohingya-insurgents-stage-major-attack-idUSKCN1B507K |accessdate=22 November 2017}}{{cite news|title=Myanmar: Attacks on police, border guards kill at least 12|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-myanmar-attacks-on-police-border-guards-kill-at-least-12-2017-8|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=Business Insider|language=en|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030641/http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-myanmar-attacks-on-police-border-guards-kill-at-least-12-2017-8|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last=Cochrane |first=Liam |date=21 November 2017 |title=Myanmar keeping Rohingyas 'in dehumanising system of apartheid', Amnesty says |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-21/myanmar-discrimination-against-rohingya-apartheid-amnesty-report/9177590 |accessdate=22 November 2017}}{{cite news|title=Machetes vs machine guns: Rohingya militants outgunned in Myanmar|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/machetes-vs-machine-guns-rohingya-militants-outgunned-in-myanmar/story-qZv6Ghg1laQ16tapHtfnWK.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=Hindustan Times|date=7 September 2017|language=en}}
In 2024, at least 264 Border Guard Police (BGP) and Myanmar Army fled to Bangladesh amid reports of heavy gunfights between the government troops and the Arakan Army in Myanmar civil war.{{cite web |title=BGB: 264 members of Myanmar border, security forces taking shelter in Bangladesh|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/338727/bgb-113-myanmar-bgp-members-taking-shelter-in|website= Dhaka Tribube|date=6 February 2024 |access-date=6 February 2024}}
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