A new town project will be developed on over 400 acres of land in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State and some farmers who own the land targeted for the project area expect that they will be paid appropriate compensation.

The 23rd anniversary of the Sittwe University was celebrated at the Convocation Hall of the university in Sittwe, Arakan State on 4-5 September in conjunction with a paper reading session, a market for buying products and music concert.

The owners of some stalls near Set Yoe Kya Bridge in Sittwe, Arakan State encountered many problems after the township development committee informed them to remove their shops.

The Arakan National Solidarity Committee asked the government on September 2 to permit local and international donors, NGO and INGO organizations to give assistance freely to IDPs in Arakan State.

Crab businesses in Arakan State are facing difficulties because of fighting in Northern Shan State between the Tatmadaw and the three Northern Allied Armed groups.

“We distribute rice to families every five or 10 days. We have some rice but it is enough for only three or four days,” said the monk Hnin Char who manages the camp.

Arakan people want to have mobile internet access back in the four remaining townships. The government reopened Internet access in four townships in Arakan State and Paletwa Township in Chin State a few days ago.

“We submitted the appeal to check the case with a tribunal. The sentence issued to Dr Aye Maung isn’t according to the law and it has flaws. We submitted the special appeal to sort out these problems,”

The Arakan National Party (ANP) will submit an appeal for Myanmar citizens Win Zaw Tun and Zaw Linn who have been sentenced to death in Thailand, said Daw Aye Nu Sein, the spokesperson of the ANP.

The house fires in U Yin Thar village could be seen from Phone Nyo Late village, but he did not know how many houses were torched, said Mahmed Taw Yote from Sin Thay Byin village.

The Commander-in-Chief requested prime minister of Thailand to have compassion for two Myanmar workers who have been sentenced to death, the office of Commander-in-Chief announced on 3 September.

Golden items, cash, mobile phones and other personal property from village markets were lost during a shooting in Thayet Tabin village, Kyauktaw Township, on 2 September, vendors said.

The three ethnic coalition said that they are going to stop offensive operations in order to resolve a decades-long armed conflict through political dialogue so that national reconciliation and peace can be established.

The fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA has been waging for over eight months now, disrupting civilians lives in the worst ways possible. Arakan lawmakers have strongly suggested that both sides must sit down together and find a way to bring peace and stability to the region that’s acceptable to everyone.

“We have known that the voting system of the committee cannot fulfill the desire of the ANP and other ethnic political parties. So, we are not able to amend the constitution to the extent we want to see. That’s why we decided to withdraw from the committee,”

The child casualty rate has increased in Arakan and Shan states due to armed conflicts, the UNICEF Myanmar said on 2 September.

A landmine exploded yesterday afternoon at about 2 p.m. on the Yangon-Sittwe road between Thayet Ta Bin and Daung Taung Yoe villages. After the blast, soldiers reached the bridge near Thayet Ta Bin village opened fire into the village, villagers said.

Two farmers from Ywar Haung Taw village in Mrauk-U Township who were taken by a Tatmadaw troop on the morning of 31 August were released yesterday evening.

University students from Arakan State have demanded authorities to provide a financial stipend for students from IDP camps on 2 September headed by the Students’ Union of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Thandwe town.