Many IDPs are currently suffering from colds and fevers, and they are concerned about the potential for dengue outbreaks under difficult living conditions.

At least 120 farmers from 18 villages in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township say they cannot grow paddy due to the risk of landmines planted by the regime.

Myanmar regime airstrikes and artillery attacks on five villages in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township killed six civilians and injured 10 others from June 20-21, according to local people.

Among the victims were 13 children under the age of 18, while 12 were over the age of 60, the report said. Arakan State stood first with 32 deaths, of which 30 were caused by junta airstrikes, the AAPP said.

Since the end of last year, electricity has been cut off or limited in almost every township in Arakan State due to the intensifying military conflict between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA), negatively impacting the socio-economic lives of hundreds of thousands of residents.

There have been a flurry of arbitrary detentions as junta soldiers knock on doors in urban Sittwe purportedly to check for unregistered guests.

The town was badly damaged by junta airstrikes and artillery bombardments during the fighting, which lasted for nearly three months.

Twenty-five residents of Byaing Phyu Village in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township are receiving treatment at Sittwe Hospital for injuries they sustained while in military custody, according to sources close to the hospital.

The Arakkha Army (AA) ambushed junta reinforcements from Pyay, Bago Region, advancing to Arakan State’s Taungup Township early Friday morning, resulting in fierce clashes, according to residents.

More than 80 residents in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township remain detained by the regime, according to DMG’s reporting.

The Arakkha Army (AA) has been launching an offensive against the military’s Light Infantry Battalion No. 566 near Ngapali Town in Arakan State Thandwe Township since June 20, according to local residents.

Three siblings were killed and two other people were injured in a junta air assault on Thelkanhtaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Ann Township, on Thursday.

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.