Three Arakan State lawmakers and a military-appointed lawmaker seconded the proposal not to fight under the cover of ancient or religious buildings and residential or public areas, which was submitted in Arakan State parliament session on Monday.

A total of 26 displaced Muslims returned back to Myanmar voluntarily on 25 September, said U Soe Aung, administrator of Maungdaw district.

A lawmaker from Arakan State parliament on Monday submitted a proposal saying that the regional government shouldn’t allow hostilities to occur around ancient buildings, religious buildings, residential areas and public areas.

With civilians killed or injured during the fighting in Arakan State, a proposal urging the regional government to establish a committee to investigate civilian deaths was passed on Monday.

Maung San Chay, a lance corporal from Tin Nyo police station, went to Shwe Pyi Thit bus line in Mrauk-U town to collect a parcel at about 10 a.m. on Sunday, his wife Daw Nwe Nwe told the DMG.

The committee and  lawyers from the Thai Lawyers’ Council, who advocated for Win and Zaw’s case and the Ranong murder case in which four Myanmar migrant workers were convicted and released recently, held a press conference

Three people from a village in Mrauk-U Township were arrested by a Tatmadaw troop on 20 September when they were traveling to a homage paying ceremony for teachers in another village, local sources said.

A fifty-year old villager from Rathedaung Township’s Angu Maw village was arrested on 23 September for having a homemade bomb in his house.

After hearing statements from 17 prosecution witnesses, the court ordered to discharge him because the prosecution could not present sufficient evidence to prove he was guilty of the killing of Corporal Phoe Lone,

“Currently, we have a list of 655 students. It is lower than the actual number because some families fled to their relatives’ home in towns. Some are in remote areas where transportation is poor or there’s no phone service,” the deputy director said.

Ko Than Hla, alias Ko Min Bar Chay, who presented a performance during military detention as a campaign to end fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State, was arraigned on Monday in Sittwe Township court under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.

A police corporal from Kyauktaw town and a veteran from Buthidaung town were stabbed to death on this Sunday’s morning.

An artillery fire broke out near a jetty in Angu Maw village, Rathedaung Township, yesterday morning at about 10 a.m. following a landmine detonation, local sources said.

The bank accounts of accused Arakanese youths, who have been facing charges under Counter Terrorism Laws in Yangon, have been frozen and their family members have faced difficulties, family members said.

The Arakan Army (AA) attacked a military headquarters in Buthidaung Township on the evening of 20 September, destroying residential buildings and injuring two children, the Tatmadaw announced.

Flying the flag of Arakan State at homes is an offence against the State and it is an incitement to fracture the Union, said Colonel Min Than, minister for Arakan State Security and Border Affairs.

The Northern Alliance consisting of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Arakan Army (AA) has announced a unilateral ceasefire with the Tatmadaw until 31 December this year.

Some shops which were constructed on land plots owned by the government in some townships in Arakan State were forcibly removed by respective departments in June and July this year.

Regular clashes are ongoing in Arakan State after peace talks between representatives from the government, Tatmadaw and ethnic armed groups were held in Kengtung, Shan State on 17 September.