Schools cannot be reopened for the new academic year in Rathedaung Township due to continued fighting between Myanmar Army and the Arakan Army in the region, Township Education Officer U Kyaw Mya said.

An artillery shell exploded in Nyaung Bin Hla village in Mrauk-U Township on 3 June when a man found it and hit it with his knife, one man was killed and three other people injured.

The curfew order in the five townships of northern Arakan State has been extended for the next two months, according to township administrators and local residents.

Daw Hnin Win Yi, 41, was first taken to the village hospital, but was transferred to Sittwe hospital later after she was sent to Mrauk-U hospital because of the severity of her injuries.

A monastery in Minbya Township’s Sabahtar village where villagers were hiding was hit by mortar shells on June 3 at about 3p.m, killing four villagers and injuring nine others including a young monk, U Myo Kyaw Aung, administrator of the village told the DMG.

Over 100 political and social organizations yesterday released a joint statement after a political talk titled “ Arakan State’s affairs is the matter of the Union of Myanmar” held in Yangon, demanding the Tatmadaw to stop waging war across Myanmar including Arakan State.

“I am concerned about my village. If artillery shells landed in our village, houses would be demolished. And I am also anxious about the possibility that soldiers will enter our village and make trouble with villagers who are there,”

They carried out inspections on May 29 by meeting with local residents in Kyauktan village. Pyithu Hluttaw representative Daw Khin Saw Wai, State MP U Than Naing and U Tin Maung Win were also involved in the probe.

A bus from Shwe Man Yadana bus line that departed from Sittwe hit a landmine on its way to Yangon on the evening of May 31, the blast caused some damage to the vehicle. There was no report of injuries.

“The situation in our region is not good. We’ve heard that clashes broke out in Kyauktan in Rathedaung Township. So, we were worried that fighting would occur in our village too when soldiers enter our village. So, we fled from our homes,”

After a court hearing lasting for four months, two out of four detained people from Buthidaung Township were released on May 28, according to their lawyer U Than Khaing.

The report said that the AA abducted ethnic villagers, threatened and intimidated village administrators and businesspeople, conducted military operations near villages and towns that lead to endangering civilians and

“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.