Villagers of Thar Si Gone in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, claim Tatmadaw members snatched 12 residents from their village, but the Tatmadaw denied the claim.

The Arakan Front Party (AFP) released a statement on 20 November to free Pyithu Hluttaw MP Dr Aye Maung from Ann Township, who has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment.

The Arakan Army (AA) stated that nine people died and 13 people surrendered from the Tatmadaw, including a captain and a warrant officer, after fighting with the Tatmadaw on the afternoon November 19 in Paletwa Township, Chin State.

An anonymous villager said that a fight erupted between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) at around 4 p.m. on November 18 near Yaw Chaung village in Myebon, and two helicopters from the Tatmadaw arrived and launched the air attack.

A Tatmadaw unit was attacked by explosive devices on November 13 beside Yangon – Sittwe highway road near Thayat Tabin village in Kyauktaw Township, and the attack injured and killed some Tatmadaw soldiers. 

A woman was hit by a piece of shrapnel when an artillery shell exploded in a compound in Hteik Wa Pyin village of Mrauk-U Township in Arakan State at about 1a.m. on 19 November. 

A woman was hit by a stray bullet and was injured while she was sitting in front of her home in Pan Myaung village, Minbya Township on the morning of November 18, locals said.

Four people including a publisher and seller of the Rakhita calendar were sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Nagpudaw Township court in Ayeyarwady Region on November 18 under section 17 (1) of Unlawful Association Act, the lawyers of the sentenced people said.

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.