Arakan State has seen an increase in capsizing boats due to strong winds and rough seas during the ongoing monsoon season, sometimes resulting in fatalities.

With insufficient food supplies following the storm, children are suffering from illnesses including influenza, persistent cough and diarrhoea as a result of malnutrition.

Junta spokesman Major-General Zaw Min Tun has dismissed public concerns that a regime plan to issue a new, higher denomination banknote will cause inflation.

The prosecution side has been absent from the trial repeatedly, and prosecution witnesses were heard for the first time at the Kyaukphyu Township Court on Monday.

The ALP has detained and interrogated suspects in relation to the apparent assassination of its members. It has arrested and handed over other criminals to the regime.

Issuing a higher denomination note of 20,000 kyats will have impacts on basic foodstuffs and business, said business owners.

Most betel plantations were destroyed in Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw and Pauktaw, the primary betel-growing townships in Arakan State.

“Gold has not been quoted in the Yangon market so far. Previously, it was quoted around 11:30 a.m. We are not doing business so far,”

Clinics that were damaged by the storm have yet to be repaired, and still can’t afford to restock medicines and medical equipment as donations have declined, according to operators.

The CBM announcement that it would start issuing banknotes denominated at 20,000 kyats came Sunday morning.

“If we convert the donations into US dollars, it is just around US$19 million. The United Nations estimated that US$333 million will be needed for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is impossible without internet assistance,” said the ISP-Myanmar’s report.

The Angumaw Jetty is mainly used by locals from Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Sittwe townships.

Businesses that sell either goods or services online are required to register under the regulation.

There were 206 cases of dengue fever reported in Kyaukphyu Township, followed by Sittwe with 170. Most dengue fever cases were children under the age of 15.

Junta police and soldiers arrived at an oil well on July 19 and reportedly forced oil field workers to stop digging without permission from the local government.

Ramree Township is home to a population of around 100,000 people, but the township hospital has just one doctor, two dentists and some 20 nurses.

Sand is extracted at View Point Beach in Sittwe on a daily basis and the entire beach has been disfigured by large sinkholes and pits, residents said.

“Around 200 people sell Indian wild pepper fruits to me. It is not known how Indian wild pepper fruits are used in China, but it is known that the fruit is used as a medicine for liver disease,” 

A Myanmar military private and three border guard policemen deserted this week in northern Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, with the junta soldier being subsequently apprehended.