The Myanmar regime has detained at least five residents in Ponnagyun Township after the Arakan Army (AA) detained a junta soldier on Thursday, according to locals. 

Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, a former Mandalay Region chief minister who was ousted along with the rest of the leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) government in last year’s coup, was sentenced to 21 years in prison on five counts of corruption by a junta court at Mandalay’s Obo Prison on Friday.

The Myanmar military has tightened security along the Tanintharyi-Kawthaung road and in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, since June 16, according to locals.

With the results of the matriculation examination out on Friday, 19,729 of 41,775 students who sat for the test in Arakan State passed, and the pass rate was 47.25 percent, according to the Department of Examinations. 

A primary school principal and a female schoolteacher from Thinbawhla village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township went missing at around 1 p.m. on June 16 and the pair has not been found yet. 

Members of the Arakan Army (AA) detained a policeman from a police outpost in Tinnyo village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township at around 7 a.m. on Friday, according to locals. 

A couple from Thazigon village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township were injured in a landmine explosion on Friday, according to the villagers. 

The Myanmar regime has waived mandatory Covid-19 tests for fully vaccinated international travelers who come to Myanmar on commercial flights, according to the regime’s Ministry of Health.

Most farmers in Ayeyarwady Region are facing difficulties in cultivating this rainy season due to the sharp rise in fuel and fertiliser prices. 

The military-led Ministry of Electricity and Energy said the construction of a combined cycle power plant near Gantgawdaw Pagoda in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township is slated for completion in May 2023. 

A junta court in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township has imposed a fine on a local activist for violating the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law. 

The Arakan Army (AA) detained a junta soldier on Thursday afternoon near the Sanpya ward administration office in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, with the regime subsequently arresting a local resident.

A junta-appointed ward administrator was stabbed to death near an office of the township war veterans’ association in the town of Ann, according to locals.

Flooding is frequent in wards such as Shwepyar, Mingan, Hsinkulan and Lanmatawtaung in the Arakan State capital Sittwe due to blocked drains and poor water flow, according to locals. 

A fifth meeting of the Myanmar-Bangladesh joint working group on repatriation of Muslim refugees was held via video conferencing on Tuesday, according to reports from the junta-run newspaper Myanma Alin. 

Nearly three years after the installation of power cables, over 40 villages in Manaung Township still do not have access to electricity, according to residents. 

Seven houses were destroyed in a clash between the Myanmar military and a coalition headed by the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO), a military branch of the Karen National Union (KNU), near Kyaukneit village in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, according to a ground source. 

Eleven homes in the airport area of Ann Township have been ordered to be demolished, but they will not demolish their homes, according to the home owners. 

High costs of living have forced some distance learners that come from other parts of Arakan State to study at Sittwe University to stay at monasteries.