An officer and a soldier from the Arakan Army (AA) coast guard forces were killed while inspecting illegal fishing boats from Bangladesh in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State.

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has ordered the criminal record wiped clean for Dr. Aye Maung, chairman of the Arakan Front Party (AFP), allowing him to contest in the upcoming regime-sponsored election.

Local sources report that 22 people, including students, have been killed and as many as 26 wounded after a junta bombing hit Thayet Ta Pin village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State.

Crimes such as theft, robbery, assault, and murder are on the rise in areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA), and juvenile offenders are increasingly being identified.

The Arakan Army has reported that Myanmar's military regime has intensified its offensives in Magway, Bago and Ayeyarwady regions, which border Arakan State, and clashes with resistance forces are ongoing.

Arakan Army (AA) coast guard forces recently apprehended one fishing boat and eight Bangladeshi nationals for illegally entering Arakan waters, according to local residents.

The Myanmar military carried out airstrikes on the Zeechaung mountain range in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State - territory under the control of the Arakan Army (AA) - on the night of September 10, according to local sources.

The health sector in areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) remains weak and there are shortages of specialist doctors, with people facing many difficulties in accessing proper healthcare.

The head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar says all ethnic groups living in Arakan State are suffering due to the Myanmar military regime's airstrikes and the blockade of humanitarian aid amid the junta's ongoing conflict with the Arakan Army (AA).

More than 600 Arakanese passengers have been trapped in Kyaukphyu town for over 20 days due to a military blockade, forced to endure extreme hardships including financial desperation, lack of food and shelter, and serious health risks.

Locals say the trade route between Mizoram, India, and Arakan State has provided local people in Paletwa Township with job opportunities and a comfortable livelihood.

The abuse came to light when it was discovered at a clinic that the victim was two months pregnant due to the father's rape.

There have been frequent clashes between the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, in recent days, and local residents are concerned about security due to ARSA activities along the border.

A 29-year-old man in Sittwe, Arakan State, has died from Hepatitis A, according to family members and sources close to him.

The meeting between Arakan Army (AA) Commander-in-Chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing and Kim Aris-also known in Burmese as Htein Linn, the son of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi-could inject fresh momentum into the struggle to topple Myanmar's military dictatorship, according to political analysts and military observers.

Myanmar's military units redeployed from northern Shan State, where they previously seized some territory, are now fleeing in disarray as they face fierce counteroffensives by the Arakan Army (AA) in Magway and Bago regions.

The Arakan Army (AA) reported on September 5 that Myanmar's military junta has deployed about 1,500 troops in a series of aggressive assaults on areas along the Arakan-Bago border currently under AA control.

The Myanmar military junta has launched fresh offensives in a desperate bid to prevent Sittwe and Kyaukphyu - the last major towns in Arakan State still under its control - from falling into the hands of the Arakan Army (AA), according to an AA statement released on September 5.

Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing's meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his ongoing trip to China are being viewed by analysts as a dangerous form of international endorsement for Myanmar's illegitimate military regime.