A fifty-year old villager from Rathedaung Township’s Angu Maw village was arrested on 23 September for having a homemade bomb in his house.

After hearing statements from 17 prosecution witnesses, the court ordered to discharge him because the prosecution could not present sufficient evidence to prove he was guilty of the killing of Corporal Phoe Lone,

“Currently, we have a list of 655 students. It is lower than the actual number because some families fled to their relatives’ home in towns. Some are in remote areas where transportation is poor or there’s no phone service,” the deputy director said.

Ko Than Hla, alias Ko Min Bar Chay, who presented a performance during military detention as a campaign to end fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State, was arraigned on Monday in Sittwe Township court under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.

A police corporal from Kyauktaw town and a veteran from Buthidaung town were stabbed to death on this Sunday’s morning.

An artillery fire broke out near a jetty in Angu Maw village, Rathedaung Township, yesterday morning at about 10 a.m. following a landmine detonation, local sources said.

The bank accounts of accused Arakanese youths, who have been facing charges under Counter Terrorism Laws in Yangon, have been frozen and their family members have faced difficulties, family members said.

The Arakan Army (AA) attacked a military headquarters in Buthidaung Township on the evening of 20 September, destroying residential buildings and injuring two children, the Tatmadaw announced.

Flying the flag of Arakan State at homes is an offence against the State and it is an incitement to fracture the Union, said Colonel Min Than, minister for Arakan State Security and Border Affairs.

The Northern Alliance consisting of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Arakan Army (AA) has announced a unilateral ceasefire with the Tatmadaw until 31 December this year.

Some shops which were constructed on land plots owned by the government in some townships in Arakan State were forcibly removed by respective departments in June and July this year.

Regular clashes are ongoing in Arakan State after peace talks between representatives from the government, Tatmadaw and ethnic armed groups were held in Kengtung, Shan State on 17 September.

A list of 164 people who were designated to be arrested by the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the leaders of Arakan Association (Singapore) who have been charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law were seen at the Western District Court, said the lawyer of the defendants.  

U San Kyaw Hla, speaker of the Arakan State Hluttaw, told the state government about internally displaced persons who are struggling to survive during a Hluttaw meeting on September 17.

Yangon Rescue Organisation (YRO) said that IDPs in Arakan State are facing health problems because of unclean water that they drink in the camps.

Tatmadaw representatives objected to a proposal to organize a commission led by the state government to investigate cases of death and injuries as a result of fighting in Arakan State.

Kyauktaw has 259 primary schools in its whole township, and it requires 1,099 teachers to cover all schools. But schools are running with 760 teachers at the moment.

The 7th Ethnic Media Conference issued a statement calling for the drafting of a law on the right to information for journalists at a three-day conference in Myitkyina, Kachin State.

A landmine exploded near Chaung Tu village in Kyauktaw Township at twelve noon yesterday, injuring a woman.