Six shops on land leased by the Arakan State Public Relations and Information Department that opened in front of the department office were forced to move on the morning of July 28. 

Since prosecution the witnesses failed to appear in court, accused villagers under Counter-Terrorism law have suffered loss, their lawyers said.

A Tatmadaw soldier shot and killed himself around 9pm on July 27 in Kyauk Phyu township of Arakan State, according to the township police force office.

The Arakan Army (AA) has denied the Ministry of Information’s announcement, which said AA together with ARSA attacked a Border Guard Police station in Buthidaung Township.

A Muslim boy from Sin Thay Pyin village, Buthidaung Township, in northern Arakan State was shot and injured on July 28.

Some townships in Arakan State face landslides annually and Minbya Township has experienced more landslides than the normal this year.

To award compensation for farmland owners from Kyauktaw Township whose land was commandeered for a Sittwe-Minbu railway section, the appropriate department has received over MMK602 million (USD 401,333).

Ramma Gyun village in Gwa Township, southern Arakan State, was hit by a tornado yesterday morning, destroying at least 14 houses, according to local sources.

Some schools in conflict affected areas could be reopen, but seven schools in Rathedaung Township have been closed due to fighting, said U Sein Tun Hla, Deputy director of the office of the head of Education Department in Arakan State.

The Union Election Commission notified the Arakan Front Party on 2 July to reorganize its central executive committee because one CEC member is included in two political parties.

Nine Arakanese accused under a counterterrorism law including the younger brother of the AA’s chief Ko Aung Myat Kyaw yesterday were remanded at the Yangon Region’s Western District court from 26 July to 9 August.

The Supreme Court of the Union yesterday dismissed the appeal submitted Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung who have been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for high treason and incitement for giving speeches in a public event.

Following an attack of the AA at Nyaung Chaung BGF police outpost in Buthidaung Township, three Muslims and one Arakanese from nearby a village received bullet wounds, local residents told the DMG.

The Arakan Army attacked Nyaung Chaung Border Guard Force outpost in Buthidaung Township early this morning, the Tatmadaw and the AA confirmed.

Farmers from 27 village tracts in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, could not get agricultural bank loans due to the lack of village administrators, according to farmers.

The World Bank made a pledge to leaders of the Arakan State parliament four months ago to provide USD 100 million for socio-economic development of Sittwe, Pauktaw, Ponnagyun, Minbya and Mrauk-U Townships.

A female teacher who was released after a one-day interrogation by the Tatmadaw has been provided with medical treatment yesterday because she fainted when she saw villagers fleeing from homes as a military troop enter their village.

Medical staff are facing challenges to provide health care service for people from remote areas in northern Arakan State where armed conflicts continue, according to the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

Eight out of ten suspects allegedly involved in the attack on a Navy tugboat near Sat Yoe Kya Bridge in Arakan State’s capital Sittwe have been released after a police interrogation, but two of the accused have been charged for leaving Myanmar illegally.