Locals in five nearby villages have complained of loud noises emanating from Hong Kong-based VPower Group’s combined-cycle power plant near Gantgawdaw Pagoda in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township.

The Arakan Front Party (AFP) released a statement on Monday urging the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army to take problem-solving approaches to deescalate ongoing tensions between the two sides. 

Residents in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township have called on authorities to repair as soon as possible the Kyaukphyu-Yenandwein road, a crucial trunk road for 21 villages in the township.

Arakan Army (AA) spokesman U Khaing Thukha says efforts are being made to end a decade of tensions between Muslims and Arakanese in Arakan State, where the ethnic armed group is taking an increasingly influential role in everyday governance across much of the state. 

A spokesman for the Arakan Army (AA) has confirmed to DMG that the ethnic armed group arrested the manager of the Global Treasure Bank branch in Kyauktaw, Arakan State, on July 9. 

The Arakan Army (AA) has pinned blame for a rolling toll of civilian landmine casualties in Arakan State on explosive devices planted by the Myanmar military  

The Arakan Army (AA) has said it will not tolerate the kidnapping of civilians in Arakan State, and will take measures to ensure that the recent kidnapping of two educators from Maungdaw Township is the first and last of its kind. 

Myanmar’s military coup and the pandemic led 220,000 garment workers to lose their jobs, 95% of whom are women, according to a statement from the Delegation of the European Union to Myanmar on July 8.

Overhead cables that run alongside a bridge spanning the Swun Ye River on the Pauktaw-Minbya road in Arakan State continue to sag dangerously low to the water, posing a danger to those who travel via the river.

Villagers in Ahmaw and Kanpein villages on Pantin Island, Taungup Township, say that nearly 80 acres of farmland belonging to local villagers have been damaged by seawater.

Signboards erected in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, instructing people to dispose of their garbage properly, were recently destroyed by vandals, according to an official from the Sittwe Development Affairs Committee.

A 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her sister’s husband in Chaung Thone Khwa village, Taungup Township, on July 8, according to a Taungup police official.

A Grade 8 student from Kazukaing village in Arakan State’s Ann Township was killed in a landmine explosion on Saturday, according to family members of the victim. 

Nearly 18 months since the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar’s ongoing political crisis arguably appears more intractable than ever. The regime has been unable to put an end to the robust armed resistance to its rule that has sprung up and grown since last year’s putsch, while at the same time the military junta shows no sign of relinquishing its hold on power. 

Tightened junta security checks on supply routes are severely disrupting and delaying the flow of goods into Arakan State, Arakanese merchants complain. 

The National League for Democracy (NLD) on Saturday rejected plans by Myanmar’s military regime to hold a redo general election next year. 

A man from Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, who was arrested on suspicion of having illegal ties to the Arakan Army, was sentenced to three years in prison under Section 52(a) of the Counter Terrorism Law by the Sittwe District Court on July 6, according to family members and his lawyer. 

The Myanmar military has reportedly filed lawsuits against 18 out of more than 30 people it has detained in a handful of Arakan State townships over recent weeks.

Emergency medical assistance is urgently needed for pregnant mothers and children in Bago Region’s Kyaukkyi and Mone townships, according to aid workers.