Myanmar’s military junta has accessed Chinese equipment, technology and support in its efforts to ramp up internet censorship and surveillance.

The fighting broke out on Wednesday between Ngapali Town and Gawt Village northeast of Ngapali — in pre-conflict times considered Myanmar’s premier beach resort destination.

About 50 out of some 200 residents from Mingan Ward in Arakan State’s Sittwe Town who were detained by the regime were reportedly released on bail on June 18.

A junta jet fighter dropped multiple bombs on Tokechaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Myebon Township, on June 19, killing two locals and injuring five others.

The ALP is worried about the safety of local people as the AA has conveyed that it is preparing to attack the remaining junta camps in the border town of Maungdaw.

Twenty-three women and girls died at the hands of Myanmar’s military regime during the period from June 1 to 18, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said in a report on Wednesday.

Chinese special envoy to Myanmar Deng Xijun met junta foreign minister Than Swe on Tuesday in Naypyidaw, junta media reported.

Myanmar’s border trade with China has been practically halted for nearly eight months, since the anti-regime Operation 1027 in northern Shan State was launched, the Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP-Myanmar) said in a report 

The regime reportedly shot two men dead and arrested two women from Amyintkyun Village in Sittwe Township who attempted to flee the Arakan State capital on June 11.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested the day of the military coup on February 1, 2021. She spent her fourth consecutive birthday behind bars on Wednesday.

One TNLA member was killed and four others were injured after the military attacked a camp in Nawnghkio Township, northern Shan State, with two drones, the statement added.

There have been no clashes between the military and AA in Gwa and Manaung townships to date. Gwa is home to the military’s Light Infantry Battalion Nos. 562 and 563 under the military’s No. 5 Military Operations Command.

Six ethnic Thet internally displaced people (IDPs) were injured in a junta air attack on Aungzeya Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, at around 2 a.m. on June 18, locals said.

Thousands of local people are reportedly trapped by fierce fighting between the military and Arakkha Army (AA) as the ethnic armed group has launched a battle for control of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State over recent days.

Kyun Nanthar, an island 24 nautical miles west of Kyeintali Town in Arakan State’s Gwa Township, has been designated as a marine national park, becoming the third island to be designated as such in Myanmar,

A man from Alel Ywar Village in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township died on Monday after stepping on a landmine while going to croplands near the village.

An offensive launched by the Arakkha Army (AA) in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, is moving closer to junta battalions stationed in the town, according to local people.

Five people were reportedly killed in a junta airstrike on Kanseik Village on Pantin Island in the west of Taungup Township, Arakan State, on Tuesday morning.

The IDPs are trapped by fighting as the Arakkha Army (AA) is currently attacking the junta’s Border Guard Force Battalion No. 5 in Maungdaw’s Myothugyi Ward and Border Guard Force Battalion No. 2 in 4th-Mile Village.