Medical staff are facing challenges to provide health care service for people from remote areas in northern Arakan State where armed conflicts continue, according to the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

Eight out of ten suspects allegedly involved in the attack on a Navy tugboat near Sat Yoe Kya Bridge in Arakan State’s capital Sittwe have been released after a police interrogation, but two of the accused have been charged for leaving Myanmar illegally.

The humanitarian aid for IDPs in Arakan State has been diminishing due to the ongoing skirmishes between the Tatmadaw and the AA, relief aid workers said.

Two mines exploded near a bridge connecting between Chut Pyin and Padauk Myaing villages in Rathedaung Township this afternoon, forcing people from the whole village to flee to safety, according to an anonymous local resident.

The Arakan Front Party (AFP) has requested the Union Election Commission to facilitate migrant Arakanese at Phakant region in Kachin State to vote in the 2020 election. 

The total of 27 Muslims from IDP camps in Sittwe, out of 63 illegal boat people who have been arrested in Maungdaw Township while attempting to reach Malaysia, have been charged under section 13 (1) of the immigration law in Myanmar.

The number of patients infected with swine flu in Arakan State has reached six between January and 22 July this year, according to the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

The Supreme Court of the Union tomorrow is going to make a decision if it accepts the appeal submitted by Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung who have been sentenced to 20-years imprisonment, said a lawyer.

Armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA should not occur in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, Chin communities said in the press conference held in Yangon on 23 July.

Business people from small and medium-sized enterprises in Arakan State face obstacles to get loans they require, according to an official from Myanma Economic Bank (MEB).

A local resident from Taung Myint village in Mrauk-U Township died of a bullet wound this morning while he was undergoing medical treatment at Mrauk-U hospital, his family told the DMG.

The attempt to ink a bilateral ceasefire agreement between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army has been foiled because the Tatmadaw has refused to acknowledge the presence of the AA in Arakan State, the AA’s spokesperson Khaing Thukha told the DMG.

Because of the continued escalation of fighting in Arakan State, the Arakan Army (AA) has warned the Tatmadaw that they will expand the war zone if necessary.

Kyaukphyu residents have been warned by the navy not to go near military vessels anchored near Dynyawaddy Navy Headquarters on Ma Dae Island in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State.

A villager from Taung Myint village, Mrauk-U Township, was shot in the head on July 23 while travelling on a boat and is receiving treatment to Mrauk-U Hospital, said the administrator of Tin Nyo village. 

The Myanmar government has now blocked Internet access since 21 June in eight townships in Arakan State and one township in Chin State where ongoing armed struggles are occurring between the Tatmadaw and the AA.

Ko Nyein Chan, who is a lawyer from Thazin law supporting group based in Sittwe, said that electricity bills suddenly increased six-fold in June.

Eight members of an activist group, Arakan Alin Dagar, were found guilty and fined by Sittwe township court on July 22 for disobeying a civil servant, after they collected donations for Arakan refugees without a permit.

A school teacher from Rathedaung township has been detained and questioned by the Tadmadaw, residents said.