“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.

A military troop apprehended Abbot Bhaddanta U Kawidaza from Ohe Htein village, Mrauk-U Township, the village administrator U Wai Soe Tun and motorist U Maung Tha Sein on 20 September. They were arrested on the way near Mt.Linn Mway, Mrauk-U Township.

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.