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.

Three Arakan State lawmakers and a military-appointed lawmaker seconded the proposal not to fight under the cover of ancient or religious buildings and residential or public areas, which was submitted in Arakan State parliament session on Monday.

A total of 26 displaced Muslims returned back to Myanmar voluntarily on 25 September, said U Soe Aung, administrator of Maungdaw district.

A lawmaker from Arakan State parliament on Monday submitted a proposal saying that the regional government shouldn’t allow hostilities to occur around ancient buildings, religious buildings, residential areas and public areas.

With civilians killed or injured during the fighting in Arakan State, a proposal urging the regional government to establish a committee to investigate civilian deaths was passed on Monday.

Maung San Chay, a lance corporal from Tin Nyo police station, went to Shwe Pyi Thit bus line in Mrauk-U town to collect a parcel at about 10 a.m. on Sunday, his wife Daw Nwe Nwe told the DMG.

The committee and  lawyers from the Thai Lawyers’ Council, who advocated for Win and Zaw’s case and the Ranong murder case in which four Myanmar migrant workers were convicted and released recently, held a press conference

Three people from a village in Mrauk-U Township were arrested by a Tatmadaw troop on 20 September when they were traveling to a homage paying ceremony for teachers in another village, local sources said.

A fifty-year old villager from Rathedaung Township’s Angu Maw village was arrested on 23 September for having a homemade bomb in his house.

After hearing statements from 17 prosecution witnesses, the court ordered to discharge him because the prosecution could not present sufficient evidence to prove he was guilty of the killing of Corporal Phoe Lone,

“Currently, we have a list of 655 students. It is lower than the actual number because some families fled to their relatives’ home in towns. Some are in remote areas where transportation is poor or there’s no phone service,” the deputy director said.

Ko Than Hla, alias Ko Min Bar Chay, who presented a performance during military detention as a campaign to end fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State, was arraigned on Monday in Sittwe Township court under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.

A police corporal from Kyauktaw town and a veteran from Buthidaung town were stabbed to death on this Sunday’s morning.

An artillery fire broke out near a jetty in Angu Maw village, Rathedaung Township, yesterday morning at about 10 a.m. following a landmine detonation, local sources said.

The bank accounts of accused Arakanese youths, who have been facing charges under Counter Terrorism Laws in Yangon, have been frozen and their family members have faced difficulties, family members said.