Renewed fighting in Arakan State that erupted some 20 days after the launch of Operation 1027 is primarily taking place at and in close proximity to the sites of foreign investments, according to the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

The Brotherhood Alliance, which is conducting its ‘Operation 1027’, and the regime have held talks thanks to China’s mediation, but political analysts say the operation is not likely to be stopped.

At least five residents of Panmyaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Minbya Township, were reportedly arrested at their homes by regime soldiers at around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

Fishing operations have effectively ceased in Arakan State and fish and prawn cannot be exported to mainland Myanmar due to the junta’s blockading of land and water routes to the state.

The union said it does not want what it calls an “education system implemented by fascists and designed to enslave people.”

Manaung Township is an island in the Bay of Bengal, and relies on water transport to connect with other townships in Arakan State.

Some civilians in Arakan State who were injured by junta heavy weapons or small arms fire are struggling to afford medical treatment.

It has been nearly one month since fighting broke out between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State’s Pauktaw town on November 16 following the AA’s seizure of the central police station in Pauktaw.

Rural healthcare centres, which are mainly relied on by rural people, are also in short supply of medicines, or the clinics are closed.

Junta artillery strikes and a drone attack killed one civilian and injured nine others in Arakan State on December 10.

A Muslim man from Ngan Chaung Village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Saturday morning.

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by armed conflicts in Myanmar are in need of food, shelter and humanitarian assistance, UNOCHA Myanmar said in a statement on December 8.

Junta troops searched Shin Linn Studio in Poe Thar Ward at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The regime also reportedly searched other studios.

Universities are being kept open in Arakan State despite the fighting, but few if any students are attending due to the lack of safety, road blockades and fuel shortages, according to locals.

Ma Mi Mi Khaing, the woman detained, has been using the “Mi Mi Khaing” Facebook account to spread propaganda with the aim of disrupting national stability, the military council alleges.

Thousands of people displaced by fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) in Tawphyarchaung, a remote area in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, are reportedly facing food shortages.

Light Infantry Battalion No. 289 based in Paletwa was responsible for the artillery strike. Ma Daewi Tun, the daughter of a hospital employee, was injured.

Junta troops arrested four residents of Ywama (Arakanese) Village in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township at around 4 a.m. on Thursday, according to locals.

More than 40,000 people from Arakan State’s Pauktaw town and surrounding villages have been forced to evacuate their homes amid the fighting between Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in Pauktaw town.