Residents and the Sai Din Waterfall Youth Charity Association say the local ecosystem needs to be properly conserved to prevent its destruction as the Sai Din Waterfall in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, increasingly attracts visitors and holidaymakers.

The Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) released a report on Tuesday calling on Myanmar’s military regime to take responsibility for human rights violations in the country. 

The plaintiff and prosecution witnesses in the case of Ko Aung Win Naing, chair of the Moe Pyinnyar Dana Philanthropic Association in Arakan State’s Taungup town, who was charged under Section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act, have all been examined, so it will be decided at the next court hearing whether the charges should be filed or not, according to a lawyer involved in the case.

Ko Min Ko Oo, chairman of the Youth Network in Taungup Township, Arakan State, was taken away in a car by seven men in civilian clothes at about 9 a.m. on December 14, according to family members. 

More than 200 soldiers reportedly raided Lay Kay Kaw town, territory of the Karen National Union located south of Myawaddy town in Kayin State, on December 14, arresting a former MP and civil servants who have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). 

Soldiers and policemen remained stationed along the mountain road to Sandawshin Pagoda in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State, as of December 13, despite their road repair work being completed, locals and pilgrims said. 

Myanmar’s military junta forcibly arrested youths from townships in Yangon, Bago, Mandalay and Magway regions, and Mon State, in the first week of December. 

Healthcare workers who have participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) will be fined K5 million or K10 million if they do not return to work and will be prosecuted under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code if they support the National Unity Government (NUG), according to an order issued by the junta-controlled Ministry of Health. 

A free school for impoverished matriculation students who have not yet attended school was opened in Gananpyin village, in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, on December 13.

A 74-year-old man with an underlying disease tested positive for Covid-19 on December 9 in the Arakan State capital Sittwe and died the same day, according to aid workers. 

The National Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice (HRSJA) has called on domestic and international rights groups, as well as the international community, to act to address human rights abuses by the military junta in Myanmar. 

Free healthcare services were provided to the poor in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on December 11. 

Junta forces on Saturday morning reportedly tightened security checks on buses and other vehicles outside the Waw Township police station in Bago Region, which is located along the Yangon-Mawlamyine road. 

A sizable military contingent put a stop to plans for a charity concert organised by the Kyauktaw Youth Association in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, on Saturday, with authorities citing pandemic rules.

An inessential piece of a Chinese spacecraft crashed into the sea off the coast of Arakan State’s Thandwe and Manaung townships at around 6 a.m. on December 10, according to locals. 

Min Di Par, the young author from Pan Maw village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, was officially charged under Section 50(j) of the Counter-Terrorism Law on December 10, according to a lawyer. 

A female student of electrical engineering at Dawei Technological University in Tanintharyi Region was arrested by junta forces on December 10, according to the Dawei Technological University Students’ Union. 

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) is keeping a watchful eye on Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) affairs in the region amid growing concern that the situation on the ground could lead to a resumption of hostilities between the two sides, the AA said on December 10. 

Tolls on roads and bridges, which were abolished in 2016 under the National League for Democracy (NLD) government, have been resumed at some points along the country’s roadways since the military coup on February 1. That includes toll-taking on roads and bridges in some Arakan State townships, locals said.