The families of a man and a woman in Kyaukphyu who are being investigated by the Myanmar military on suspicion of raising funds for the Arakan Army (AA) have not been allowed to meet with the detained duo since their arrest last month, according to family members. 

More than one-third of permitted offshore fishing trawlers based out of Kyaukphyu have been forced to suspend their operations due to soaring fuel prices, according to the Kyaukphyu District Fisheries Department and local commercial fishermen. 

Filling stations are running out of stocks in Sittwe and other Arakan State townships, and fuel prices continue to rise, according to residents. 

The bodies of two brothers who drowned on Saturday in Kyaukphyu’s Thampan Chaung ward were recovered on Sunday morning, according to the township Red Cross Society. 

A man from Chin State’s Paletwa Township was reportedly detained by the Myanmar military on Saturday night, according to locals. 

More than 19,000 people have been displaced by clashes in Tanintharyi Region, according to humanitarian groups helping the internally displaced people (IDPs). 

Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Chin State’s Paletwa town are struggling with soaring food prices due to rising tensions between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA), according to displacement camp managers. 

Kinship gatherings are being celebrated on a grand scale in Konbaung village, part of Arakan State’s Ramree Township, from June 4-5, a second consecutive year for the long-running tradition, which was forgone in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Memorial services to commemorate the 1977 death of former Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) Chairman Khaing Moe Lun were held in the Arakan State’s capital Sittwe, on the Myanmar-India border and the Arakan State-Bangladesh border on Saturday morning. 

U Thar Tun Aung, the administrator of Abaung Thar village, Chin State, who was taken by the Myanmar military after regime forces clashed with the Arakan Army (AA) last month, has not been released since his arrest more than a week ago, according to locals. 

The road linking Angumaw from Rathedaung with Buthidaung has been recently damaged by continuous rain, creating inconveniences for travellers and other drivers. 

A local was killed and two others were wounded on Thursday when the Myanmar military fired artillery shells into villages near Loilemlay, a town on the Shan-Kayah states border, according to a local source. 

A court postponed the latest hearing in the case of six Taungup residents who were arrested and charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law in connection with the Arakan Army (AA) due to the absence of prosecution witnesses, according to a lawyer involved. 

The Matupi District Court is set to deliver a final ruling in the appeal of Ko Tin Tun Aung, a resident of Paletwa, Chin State, who has been sentenced to three years in prison for incitement, at the next hearing, according to family members. 

Ethnic Kaman high school students in the Arakan State capital Sittwe still can’t enrol for schools, according to a Kaman leader. 

JOOX Music Myanmar, a China-based music streaming app, has announced its plan to exit military-ruled Myanmar next week, after seven years of operation in the Southeast Asian nation. 

Local weaving businesses in Arakan State are struggling to maintain their operations due to the soaring prices of raw materials. 

A verdict in the case of two men from Ai Tin village in Ponnagyun Township, who were arrested on suspicion of having links with the Arakan Army (AA) in March 2020, was again postponed by the Sittwe District Court on June 2, according to the defence lawyer. 

Two ancient statues that date back to the Mrauk-U era were vandalised on Wednesday, with two Nat on the mound having their eyes torn out and noses and faces defaced, said resident Ko Khaing Min Shin.