The Arakan State Hluttaw approved a proposal urging the state government to take necessary measures to ensure both the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) avoid targeting civilians, despite objections from Tatmadaw lawmakers.

Fighting in northern Arakan State has affected cultivation in Buthidaung Township, leaving more than 15,000 acres of cultivated land idle, according to the Department of Agriculture in Buthidaung Township.

The United Nations Office in Myanmar has requested Internet access to be restored in four townships in Arakan State on September 29.

Two villagers were hit stray bullets as a Tatmadaw troop fired near Miwa village, Kyauktaw Township, members of their families said.

Mro ethnic children in Ahtet Myat Hlae IDP camp in Ponnagyun Township are facing language difficulties at the camp’s school, said U Thein Shwe, the principal of Ahtet Myat Hlae High School.

U Tun Aung Thein, Pyithu Hluttaw member from Buthidaung Township, urged the security forces to guard the border fence between Arakan State and Bangladesh carefully because Muslim people in Bangladesh are entering Arakan State illegally.

Members of student unions handed out leaflets in Yangon’s Dagon University to inform people about the daily sufferings of people who are affected by the armed conflict in Arakan State and other regions.

The ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State has been affecting local people and IDPs from conflict ridden areas demand a ceasefire in their region.

The draft proposal for designation of Mrauk-U Region as World Heritage site has been submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Center on 24 September.

Members of the Border Guard Force have arrested a Muslim suspect near Kuntheepin Village, Nantthataung Village-tract in the northern part of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.

Ko Zaw Zaw Tun, secretary of REC, said that some IDP camps in Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Ponnagyun townships are facing difficulties because of a lack of food.

The Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) have currently been fighting in Myebon Township, forcing local villagers to flee for safety and schools have been closed.

The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office on September 25 approved requests from three lawmakers to resign as members of the 2008 Constitutional Amendment Committee.

The Embassy of the United State of America in Myanmar stated on September 25, said that the possible terrorist attacks could happen in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay and warned people to maintain vigilant security.

The Arakan Army (AA) released a statement on September 26, saying that they won’t engage in attacks by using the religious, school and hospital buildings, and residential places as covers for them.

More than 200 people from three villages in Myebon Township, have fled their homes because of fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA).

A campaign to show sympathy for over 600,000 affected people from Arakan State and unity of people will be kicked off because the Internet cut-off in some townships in Arakan State will reach 101 days on 30 September.

Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA have been occurring continually at a mountain range east of Yoe Sa Nwin village, Myebon Township, and the Tatmadaw launched an airstrike yesterday targeting the AA, local sources said.

U Tun Aung Thein, Arakan State MP for Buthidaung Township, said in Arakan State parliament session that the handling of the government over the death of civilians was important for Myanmar’s democracy.