Military releases detained Taungup social activist

DMG 24 Dec 2022

Ko Zeyar Kyaw, a resident of Taungup, Arakan State, who had been detained by the military for more than a month, was released on December 23, according to sources close to his family. 

Arakan State News Summary (December 15-23, 2022)

DMG 23 Dec 2022

Family members said they had not been in contact with a social activist from Arakan State’s Taungup Township since his arrest by the military on November 8. Ko Zeyar Kyaw, 47, was arrested by four junta soldiers in a civilian vehicle near Taungup’s U Ottama Park and had not been seen or heard from since.

Myanmar exports rice to Bangladesh

DMG 23 Dec 2022

Myanmar will start exporting 160,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh this month, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).

Minbya residents complain of water shortages

DMG 23 Dec 2022

Faced with water shortages annually during the hot season, local residents in Arakan State’s Minbya have called on authorities to supply water from all three reservoirs in the town.

IDPs in Myebon’s Kanhtaunggyi forced to sleep on ground

DMG 21 Dec 2022

Some 180 internally displaced people (IDPs) taking shelter at a camp in Kanhtaunggyi town, Myebon Township, Arakan State, have been forced to make beds out of tarpaulin sheets and sleep on the ground, according to camp officials.

Junta soldiers’ gunfire in Kyauktaw frightens locals

DMG 21 Dec 2022

Junta troops stationed near the Maha Myat Muni Buddha Image and pagoda in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township let loose a burst of gunfire on Tuesday night despite the military’s ceasefire with the Arakan Army (AA), panicking local people.

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