The department is central to the functioning of local governance, overseeing population registration, land registration, collection of demographic data, and tax collection among other administrative functions.

According to ISP-Myanmar report, the value of Chinese projects controlled by the AA is over US$2.3 billion, including projects that have not yet been implemented and whose value is unknown.

Junta authorities regularly look for unregistered overnight guests, check household registration certificates, ask for photos of Arakanese IDPs, and conduct checks on owners of homes that accommodate the IDPs.

The two freelancers, Ko Win Htut Oo and Ko Htet Myat Thu, were killed by junta soldiers at the latter’s home in Letpya Village, Kyaikto Township, on Wednesday.

Three local people were reportedly injured after a junta jet fighter bombed Maungdaw, Arakan State, at around 3 p.m. on Thursday.

Junta soldiers and allied troops raided Sittwe Township’s Byaing Phyu Village in late May, killing nearly 80 people and abducting more than 300 villagers.

“It is recalling all the veterans in Ann. My brother was recalled. The regime said it is mandatory,” said one veteran’s relative.

Of the 11 regions and states where hostilities took place over the past two months, Arakan State saw the largest number of clashes. The 19 civilian fatalities were the result of junta attacks on civilian populations, according to the BNI report.

Ko Gambari was arrested on the night of May 31 at a house in Yangon’s Hlaing Township, where he was taking shelter after fleeing fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA) in Arakan State.

A woman was reportedly killed and four other people were injured in a junta airstrike on Meekyaunghtoe Village, part of Arakan State's Taungup Township, on Thursday afternoon.

“Around 50,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from Rathedaung Township are currently in urgent need of food assistance and medicine,” said an official from the Ponnagyun Youths Association.

U Khin Maung Win was arrested by junta soldiers while delivering food and consumer goods with his tuk-tuk to Kyaukphyu’s Zediya Ward on Sunday evening, according to a ward resident.

Food prices have hit record highs in Arakan State, with the cost of most foodstuffs having increased markedly over pre-coup levels.

A standard vaccine regimen for children to protect against certain diseases typically runs from the ages of two months to 10 years old.

A total of 496 people — 230 in Mrauk-U, 129 in Minbya, 90 in Kyauktaw and 47 in Ponnagyun — have been disabled by the military-AA hostilities since the latest fighting in Arakan State began in November 2023.

No clashes have been reported in Kyeintali since dozens of junta soldiers retreated from the town on August 13 and took positions in Kalarpyin Village

There were 2,539 clashes from January to April between Myanmar’s military regime and resistance forces, according to Nyan Lin Thit Analytica, a local research group.

The public healthcare system covering its more recent territorial claims was launched in January, said Dr. Ba Thet, spokesman for the health department of Shan State Special Region 1.

The SAC-M urged the ULA/AA to cooperate fully with an independent international investigative team to enter Arakan State to investigate the treatment of Rohingya and other civilians in the state.