The IDPs in Wah Taung camp, Kyauktaw Township are facing difficulties to continue staying in the camp because the camp is built on farmland and the landowners have asked camp residents to start paying rent.

Locals said that while Daw U Khin Than, 32 and her husband U Maung Hla Aye were traveling by boat to Ywar Tharyar village from Wat Yu village in Myebon at around 9 a.m. on November 10 to sell fish, the Tatmadaw soldiers shot and killed Daw U Khin Than.

A gale winds around the coastal area in Arakan State, forced daily ferry express boat service running between Manaung and Taunggup townships to stop temporarily.

The National League for Democracy’s Central Committee on 9 November has released a statement urging the release of Amyotha Hluttaw MP U Hwei Tin immediately from detention.

A dusk-to-dawn curfew order has been imposed in Chin State’s Paletwa Township for two months as of 9 November, according to the Paletwa Township administration office.

Villagers fled their homes when two helicopters fired at mountain ranges east of Yoesanwin Village in Myebon Township, at about 10 am today, said locals.

A press release issued on 8 November stated that after close inspection of a list of 3,450 expatriates taking shelter in Bangladesh, Myanmar has sent expatriates back to Bangladesh.

Mangrove plants worth about K20 million were planted at seven mangrove forests including that of Theimbala Village in Manaung Township, Arakan State, staring on 7 November.

Plaintiff Police Major Tin Shwe was questioned by the lawyer of the suspects involved in the court case of the Arakan Association (Singapore). They are being prosecuted under the sections of anti-terrorism law on 8 November.

A villager of Phonnyoleik (Muslim village) died due to the stray bullet injury while transporting him to hospital on 7 November.

Since Myanmar isn’t a signatory to the Rome Statute, it doesn’t have an obligation to respect and follow the rules of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said U Hau Do Suan, the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations...

Buthidaung township court released U Maung Hla Thein, a land survey staff member who was facing charges under the Counter-Terrorism Laws. He was released on bail on November 7 in the morning because of a lack strong evidence.

One out of 19 firefighters, who were detained by the Arakan Army (AA) last month died of a heart attack, and the remaining 18 firemen were released on November 6, the AA’s spokesperson Khaing Thukha said.

The Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) have been moving around near Ywar Tharyar village, and the family members were suspecting that the two brothers were arrested by armed groups.

Some houses were burned down and two Muslim residents were injured by stray artillery shells at Thayat Pyin and Char Kay (Muslim) villages in Buthidaung Township. 

The Chin political party and civil society organizations have demanded on 5 October to release Chin ethnic people including an Amyotha Hluttaw MP who have recently been detained by the Arakan Army (AA).

A civilian, one of 25 abductees from the Shwe Nadi express ferry boat, who was released from AA’s detention and had been subsequently interrogated at Border Guard Police Station (3) in Buthidaung Township, has been sent to the township hospital yesterday afternoon due to his health.

A Tatmadaw unit detained a man from Yaw Chaung (Ywar Tharyar) village in Myebon Township at around 1 p.m. on November 3, the family of the detainee said.

“We transferred 25 civilians safe and sound to the Ngwe Taung village administrator. We also gave them K15, 000 each to cover transportation expenses. We also gave back all their belongings, such as mobile phones,”