The Arakan Army (AA) continues to detain a Chin State MP for security reasons despite releasing nine other civilians on the morning of November 4 who were held and questioned together with the MP, AA spokesperson Khaing Thukha told DMG. 

About 300 refugees were taking shelter in the camp and they had to sell their personal property such as gold or borrow paddy from local farmers because the camp had run out of food, said U Than Myint, manager of the camp.

Arakan Front Party (AFP) members and supporters prayed for the release of Arakanese political leader Dr. Aye Maung who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. The service took place on his 62nd birthday party on 1 November.

The Tatmadaw took U Maung Than Hlaing, 51, and U Hla Tun Sein, over 60, on 27 October. U Maung Than Hlaing was taken by the Tatmadaw while he was tending a herd of cows near the field outside the village whereas U Hla Tun Sein was called by the Tatmadaw while he was running away from his village because of gunfire, said Daw Ma Wah, wife of U Maung Than Hlaing.

The younger sister of the Arakan Army (AA) Chief Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing and her husband were remanded in custody for the second time at Mayangone Township Court in Yangon on 1 November.

46 Muslims returned to Maungdaw Township, Arakan State from Bangladesh on 31 October, U Soe Aung, Deputy Commissioner of the General Administration Department told the DMG.

Nine government schools were closed in Buthidaung Township because of clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA), according to the township education officer office.

Khaing Thukha, the AA spokesperson, said that they didn’t commit the crime and responded that the Tatmadaw was spreading disinformation about the group during the visit to Myanmar of the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs.

A female student from Kyauk Yan village, Rathedaung Township was struck by a stray bullet during hostilities between the Tatmadaw and the AA, U Sandawara, abbot of the Kyauk Yan monastery, said.

Since hostility in Arakan State has been intensifying and controversial accusations on both sides occur very often, journalists should have free access to information in the region to let known people the truth, the Arakan Army says.

Ten people from Yay Bote village, Rathedaung Township, were abducted by the Tatmadaw on the morning of 30 October, according to local people.

Arakan State Hluttaw Speaker U San Kyaw Hla counselled IDPs that peace was essential to return home and urges them to pray for peace when IDPs in Buthidaung town of Arakan State reported to him their desire to back home.

They work as excavators and were heading to Ywar Haung Taw village by motorbike for business. A military column near the village told them to dig up a landmine, but it went off and people were injured, said a local person who asked not to be named for security.

A construction worker who is building fence at Gin Taw border guard outpost at Ain Din village tract, in south of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, received bullet injuries on the afternoon of 30 October.

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urges leaders of ethnic armed organizations that have yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) to participate in historical political dialogues in her speech on the 4th anniversary of NCA Agreement held in Nay Pyi Taw on 28 October.

The Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) have been fighting near Taung Phyu Mountain in Pan Myaung village, Minbya Township, Arakan State since October 27 and the Tatmadaw launched air attacks during the fighting, the locals said.

Buthidaung township court on 29 October remanded eight people including the owner of Shwe Nadi express boat service following the AA’s abduction of passengers on-board, according to a family member of the detained people.

David R. Stilwell, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, arrived in Sittwe, Arakan State on the afternoon of October 28 and met with representatives from four Arakan civil society organizations at an NGO office.

The Tatmadaw needs to immediately stop its offensive operations in, Kokang and Ta’ang regions to start negotiations with sincerity, the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and Ta’ang National Liberation Army, identified themselves as Three Brotherhood Alliance, said in its statement issued on 29 October.