Political forces including a delegation that observed situations in Arakan State sent an open letter to President Win Myint on 27 June suggesting the President to deal with situations occurring in Arakan State. 

In allocating over K100 billions in the 2019- 2020 budget year, Ramree Township was given the highest amount of K9964 million and Rathedaung Township was given the lowest sum, which came to K3958 million.

Proposals submitted by MPs from the Arakan National Party were approved in the Arakan State parliament, where the majority are ANP members, but the government is wavering when it comes to putting the proposals into action, MPs said.

Since the Myanmar government instructed telecommunications companies to suspend mobile data service for some townships in Arakan State, Arakanese migrant workers abroad are encountering challenges.

Since the Tatmadaw and the AA are fighting in Ponnagyun Township, the number of displaced people has increased recently, according to relief workers.

Speaker of Arakan State parliament U San Kyaw Hla said that it should consider other options instead of shutting down the Internet in unstable regions in order to restore regional stability and to stop hate speech in the region.

A 33-year old villager was shot by Myanmar Army while he was going out to tend to his herd of buffaloes on the morning of 26 June in Kyauktaw Township.

More than 50 men between 18 and 50 years old from Pyin Yaung village in Minbya Township fled to nearby villages because they were worried about their safety when a military column entered the village.

The Arakan State parliament has established an investigation commission to set up a probe into a case involving the deaths detainees during the Tatmadaw’s questioning at Kyauktan village in Rathedaung Township.

The region needs greater protection because cultural icons were destroyed by artillery and gun fire in the region.

However, the proposal was voted down in the parliament dominated by the MPs of ANP. Since the proposal gained 13 votes in favor and 22 against, the State parliament announced the proposal was not approved.

Father of Myo Hein Swe, said: “Their faces were swollen and their eyes were bloodshot; the injuries are quite visible. They received injuries on their thighs so now they cannot walk well. Saw Maung Than has black and brown bruises on eyes.

Shutting down mobile communication services in war affected areas while the government needs to ensure press freedom is creating even more problems for people in war-affected regions, an MP form Arakan State parliament says in parliament

The body of  a villager who died during a Tatmadaw interrogation on suspicion of affiliations with the Arakan Army was laid to rest in a tomb at a cemetery in Mrauk-U Township on the evening of 25 June.

While more than one million people from Arakan and Chin states have no access to the Internet, activists’ groups for digital rights and CSOs on 24 June called for a prompt action to stop the Internet shut down.

Since clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA broke out on Tuesday morning near Sinthe village in Ponnagyun Township, local residents have fled to safety, the village administrator U Maung Chit Hlaing told DMG.

Two young villagers from Mrauk-U Township were detained and their families could not meet with them or have any kind of contact with the detainees so they are concerned about their welfare.

The Arakan Front Party (AFP) has announced it will employ the concept of “national politics” according to Dr Aye Maung’s directive when the party undertakes activities centered in Sittwe, capital of Arakan State.

Eight people who have been suspected of being AA members were arrested near Waythali village in Mrauk-U Township, they were sent to Kyauktaw Myoma police station for interrogation, according to the Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services.