- Over 3 million people displaced since Myanmar coup: research group
- Junta conscripts 500 Muslims in Sittwe
- Thousands of houses torched, bulldozed by junta in Buthidaung
- Driver killed, two injured as junta soldiers open fire on bus in Thandwe Twsp
- Regime shelling kills two civilians, injures another in two Arakan State townships
Two brothers from Myebon Township have gone missing
Two brothers from Ywar Thar Yar village in Myebon Township have been missing for eight days, family members said.
16 Oct 2019
Win Nyunt | DMG
16 October, Myebon
Two brothers from Ywar Thar Yar village in Myebon Township have been missing for eight days, family members said.
Ko Maung Win Htay, 28, and Ko Maung Htay Win, 26, left their home on the morning of 8 October to search for their buffaloes in the forest about three miles east of the village.
“My brothers left home at about 11 A.M. to collect our cattle. They are still missing,” said U Thein Aung, the older brother.
Since troops of the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army are circulating among villages, the family suspects that armed groups may have detained the two brothers. The Tatmadaw and the AA did not release any statement on the brothers.
“It is over a week since they disappeared, so we are concerned about their safety,” U Thein Aung said.
Villagers searched through forest areas they travel through, but nothing has turned up.
The family reported their disappearance to the Yaw Chaung police station on 12 October.