Family members are worried about the fate of three Grade 4 students who have been missing since Saturday night in the Arakan State capital Sittwe.

Merchants have complained that the Myanmar military regime’s strict and time-consuming inspections of cargo trucks along the Yangon-Sittwe road are causing them financial losses as perishables like vegetables and fisheries products are spoiling amid transport delays.

The Arakan State Road Transport Administration Department warned that it will soon begin seizing unlicensed three-wheeled taxis in the state.

As a result of renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) in recent months, many fishermen in Arakan State are no longer comfortable going to the rivers to catch fish, and are making the change to other jobs deemed safer.

A 13-year-old was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township on Friday, according to residents.

The plaintiff in the case of two youths who have been detained in Kyaukphyu Prison and face trial on incitement charges could not attend a court hearing on Friday due to security issues, with the hearing postponed for the eight time, according to a lawyer involved.

Correspondent students from various townships attending Sittwe University have said they are worried that they might not be able to return home after their exams as Myanmar’s military regime has tightened travel restrictions in northern Arakan State.

The Myanmar military has recently detained three civilians including a school principal in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, according to local residents.

The Myanmar military has reportedly detained three local residents in downtown Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, in recent days.

Civilian casualties were reported in heavy fighting between junta troops and the combined forces of Karen armed groups and resistance groups in Kayin (Karen) State’s Kawkareik Township on Friday. A civilian was killed, and three others were seriously injured by junta artillery strikes, according to locals.

Myanmar’s military regime has tightened travel restrictions in northern Arakan State, where tensions continue to escalate between the military and the Arakan Army (AA).

The Arakan National Party (ANP) has reportedly donated 30 bags of rice to scores of households displaced by fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) in Buthidaung Township.

At least three civilians were killed and 23 others were injured due to landmines and shooting incidents in Arakan State and Chin State’s Paletwa Township last month amid sustained, renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA), according to a DMG tally. 

A man from U Hla Pe Village in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township was shot and wounded at about 8 p.m. on October 19, and is currently receiving treatment at Buthidaung Hospital, according to local villagers. 

An Arakan Army (AA) military tribunal on Thursday sentenced two of its soldiers to 20 years in prison with hard labour plus flogging for raping a Muslim woman from Buthidaung Township, according to AA spokesman U Khaing Thukha.

Myanmar’s military regime has ordered passenger boat services in Pauktaw Township that operate routes between Pauktaw and the Arakan State capital Sittwe to suspend operations as of Thursday, according to boat owners.

Two detainees and two others who have thus far evaded arrest in Arakan State’s Maungdaw were charged under Section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act at the Maungdaw Myoma police station on October 16, according to the accused. 

Hundreds of vehicles were trapped along the Asia Highway linking Kawkareik and the border town of Myawaddy in Kayin (Karen) State on October 19 as fighting that first flared on Tuesday night continued the following day. 

Of 16 people recently detained by the military in Ramree Township, Arakan State, 15 have been released, but a local man remains under military detention, according to those released.