“We have produced nearly 500,000 sets of dresses for school uniforms. So, our investment is about K700 million. If the department does not accept our product, we will face heavy losses,”

The Rakhine Women’s Union (RWU) is concerned for the security of women in IDP camps where over 40,000 people are taking shelter due to clashes in northern Arakan State, the chair of the RWU said.

“When we heard about the pardon, we were expecting he would be included on the list. The President granted amnesty three times this year, but my son was not pardoned. You do not know how I feel as a mother.

The demand included points to form the state level City Development Committee and to have plans for checks and balances between the state government and state parliament regarding municipal affairs.

Seventy-five percent of farmers in Arakan State failed to repay their bank loans for monsoon crop, according to the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank (MADB) in Arakan State.

 “She went into labour at about 1am, it was raining heavily and there was thunder and lighting. She died two hours after giving birth,” said U Hla Kyaw Maung from Kan Sauk IDP camp.

Five men from Yan Aung Pyin and Kya Nin Kan villages from Mrauk-U and Kyauktaw Townships have been missing since February 19 and no news about them has been found.

The Arakan Army has been planning to release detained people, but it cannot discharge them at the moment because their security may be at risk due to the escalation of the Tatmadaw’s offensive, the AA’s information officer Khaing Thukha said.

The Arakan State Peace and Stability Supporting Committee provided over K260 million for about 30,000 refugees living in seven townships in Arakan State.

On May 21, head of Min Pyin police station filed a complaint against three village security officers, who tied a policeman’s hands behind his back, at the Kyauk Phyu Myoma police station.

Since a military troop has been positioned in Pauktawpyin village in Ponnagyun Township since May 16, local residents who are worried about being detained have fled from home, villagers said.

Poor transportation makes it difficult to collect lists of students from all IDP camps, according to the Office of the Head of Education Department in Arakan State.

Chawbi, 38, and his eight years old son Sayrahman, died while another person identified as Mahmat Afan was injured after the shell landed on Tuesday afternoon.

“People from our village were killed by gunfire. Our lives are becoming increasingly difficult and our children’s education is problematic because we cannot go back home. We can return home only when there is a ceasefire,”

“The court dismissed an appeal of Dr Aye Maung at the High Court level for submitting the appeal. The court have to decide if they accept it or not, however they did not give any reason so they dismissed it,” said U Kyaw Nyunt Maung, lawyer of Dr Aye Maung.

Arakan state has the largest outbreak of schistosomiasis cases among fourteen states and regions in Myanmar, said Dr Kyi Lwin, head of the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

Farmers could not do cultivation in time because of the curfew imposed in the region, said U Than Shwe, member of the Committee for Protecting the Rights and Enhancing the Interests of Farmers.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi and a delegation arrived at Sittwe on the afternoon of May 20 and visited Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships.

A gunfire broke out in Buthidaung Township while United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi was visiting Arakan State.