Two former NLD candidates including Taungup incumbent arrested

DMG 13 May 2021

A former Lower House MP for the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Taungup Township, Daw Ni Ni May Myint, and fellow NLD candidate for the national legislature Daw Chit Chit Chaw were arrested on Wednesday, according to family members. 

BGF and ARSA forces clash in Maungdaw Twsp

DMG 12 May 2021

A Border Guard Force (BGF) unit on patrol and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) exchanged fire at the Kha Maung Seik border area between mile marker Nos. 51 and 52 of the Maungdaw Township border fence in northern Arakan State on Wednesday morning. 

AA chief’s younger brother faces trial delay

DMG 11 May 2021

Ko Aung Mrat Kyaw, the younger brother of Arakan Army (AA) chief Major-General Twan Mrat Naing, and seven others appeared before Yangon’s Western District Court once again on May 11, but the case has been postponed to May 18, according to a lawyer representing the defendants. 

Many teachers in Arakan State yet to report to schools

DMG 10 May 2021

Nearly 250 teachers in Arakan State have not yet reported to their respective schools despite the resumption of primary, secondary and high school classes just weeks away, according to the Arakan State education officer’s office.  

Dozens of Sittwe University staff dismissed for joining CDM

DMG 07 May 2021

Thirty-five instructors from Sittwe University in the Arakan State capital have been dismissed for joining the civil disobedience movement, according to a letter signed by Dr. Khin Maung Zaw, acting rector of the University. 

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