Families are concerned for two people detained by the Tatmadaw in Arakan State’s Ann Township because the Tatmadaw did not allow their respective families to meet them.

Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) broke out aggressively on November 16 near Lai Gwin (Nwar Lar Kyaw) village in Rathedaung Township, the Tatmadaw used two helicopters, the local said.

Solar-power is being given a test run in for 24 hours Manaung town as of 14 November according to township electricity department.

The Tatmadaw has questioned local residents from Thayet Tabin village in Kyauktaw Township since 14 November, forcing villagers flee to other places including Kyauktaw town.

“The Tamadaw’s Light Infantry Battalion 536, 537, 538 have shot off more weapons recently, so we launched a counter attack as a warning as a response,” the AA’s spokesperson Khaing Thukha said.

U Myint Naing, Amyotha Hluttaw Representative for No.5 Constituency in Arakan State is worried about the infringement of human rights for people in conflict areas in Arakan State.

Paddy farmers from Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State face difficulties due to low rice yield and volatile rice prices, as their paddy fields are destroyed by pests.

The Tatmadaw and policemen conducted interrogations of residents from villages in Thayet Tapin Village-tract, Kyauktaw Township in Arakan State on 14 and 15 November, according to the villagers.

A factory grinding fish to make fish crackers opened in Kin Pin Lae Nar village, Kyaukphyu Township in October and locals suspect the factory is operating by coal because unpleasant smells are emitted from the factory when it’s operating, according to villagers.

All residents from Ywar Tharyar village (Yaw Chaung) in Myebon Township have fled their village on November 14 after Tatmadaw soldiers entered the village and questioned residents for a second time.

Residents from Awyama village in Ponnagyun Township fled their village to Poe Shiepyin and Sinthay villages after stray shells and bullets landed near their village.

Construction of the 1,256-foot long Kinchaung Bridge, which has been built across the Kinchaung creek situated on Zinchaung-Kinmyaung-Lay Taung road in Kyaukphyu District of Arakan State, is expected to be finished in April 2020.

A proposal was submitted to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on November 13 by Dr Hla Moe, a member of Pyithu Hluttaw from Aung Myay Thar Zan constituency in Mandalay division, to release government officials and civilians, including Chin State MP U Hwei Tin detained by the Arakan Army (AA).

Maungdaw district court released the chair of Arakan Rakhita Group (ARG) on 13 November after he has been detained for about six months because of lack enough evidence to indict him, according to his lawyer U Aung Kyaw Nyunt.

A Tatmadaw unit hit landmines on the afternoon of November 13 beside Yangon – Sittwe highway road near Thayat Tapin village in Kyauktaw Township, the locals said. 

More than 40 Chin organizations issued a joint statement on November 11, and it calls for the release of Amyothar Hluttaw member U Hwei Tin detained by the Arakan Army (AA) immediately.

The AA said that it is ready to release 17 people associated with military if the Tatmadaw releases the civilians who were detained under many different acts and people who were detained and accused of having links with the AA.

The Tatmadaw has warned officials from villagers after a convoy of prison vehicles landmines hit on Buthidaung-Maungdaw road between Thit Taw Ywar village and Light Infantry Regiment (263), villagers said.

Members of the Tatmadaw arrived at the village on the morning of 10 November at about 6 a.m. and checked village houses, said an anonymous villager.