“I have not been able to meet my brother for more than one year now. I can only send food and other necessities through jailers.

The United States said in a June 21 statement that it has imposed sanctions against the junta-controlled Myanma Foreign Trade Bank (MFTB) and Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank (MICB).

The level of sexual violence against women in armed conflicts triggered by the military coup has reached levels not before seen in Myanmar, according to women’s rights activists.

A verdict in the case against a man and woman in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township arrested on suspicion of having links to the Arakan Army (AA) has been postponed, according to family members.

There are many people in Arakan State who are displaced due to military conflicts and other conflicts.

Monkeys at the pagoda, also known as Kyauktaw Mountain Pagoda, are mainly fed by pilgrims. Monkeys have been facing near starvation as few people are visiting the pagodas these days.

Local people along the upper reaches of Yoe Creek in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township are reportedly in need of assistance as relief items supplied by local and foreign organisations are not reaching the area.

Local residents in Sin Khaung Village of Arakan State’s Thandwe Township have called on authorities to build retaining walls for their villages after more than 130 houses were eroded away by the sea.

“We have reported to the education department some two weeks about the conditions of the school in our camp. There is still no response, and teachers have not yet arrived either.”

Local weaving businesses in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township are leaving the industry due to low demand for traditional hand-woven clothes.

Local residents in Sittwe have complained about the township electricity office’s seizure of electricity meters in the Arakan State capital.

Approval of distribution and transportation plans for the Cyclone Mocha relief response in Arakan and Chin states remains pending, UNOCHA Myanmar said in a statement on June 19.

Cases of dengue fever and malaria have been reported in some camps for internally displaced people (IDP) in Arakan state due to mosquito bites, according to IDPs and displacement camp officials.

Some people with disabilities affected by Cyclone Mocha in Arakan State are unable to repair their damaged homes and are reportedly facing food difficulties.

Students who failed this year’s matriculation examination are, “for the time being,” not allowed to learn the new curriculum at public schools, according to U Ba Htwee Sein, the head of the Arakan State Education Office.

“We have been going hungry. We only earn between K3,000 and K5,000 per day. As I have no regular income, I have had to eat rice with only salt some days,” said U Hla Kyaw, a cycle-rickshaw driver from Sittwe.

Deputy junta chief Soe Win, who is also the chairman of Myanmar’s Natural Disaster Management Committee, visited the Thakkel Pyin displacement camp for Muslim internally displaced people in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on Thursday.

Four people — three men and one woman — were struck dead and one woman was seriously injured by lightning in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U townships on June 16.

Buildings and classrooms of some orphanages in Arakan State were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha and financial assistance is needed to repair the damaged buildings, according to officials.