Colonel Win Zaw Oo, head of the Western Command, said that it was quite lucky for the villagers that the Tatmadaw only shot at the AA with heavy weapons.

“I would have liked to carpet bomb them, if possible,” he said.

“They let the women go back home. They got drunk and broke into the shops in the village to get food. They killed the chickens for food as well – they are just doing whatever they please,” Ko Aung San Moe said.

Two brothers from Ywar Thar Yar village in Myebon Township have been missing for eight days, family members said.

No traditional Zat Pwe troupe entertained audiences this year since a new curfew was imposed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. in some townships in Arakan State as a result of armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) ...

Over 100 suspects were involved in the charge against 23 detained residents from Lekka Village, Mrauk-U Township in Arakan State, according to the defense lawyers.

The 2020 general elections can have an impact on the peace-making process to a certain extent, said General Yawd Serk, acting leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST). 

The Tatmadaw fired artillery shells without any provocation from adversaries resulting in almost all residents of Sin Khon Taing Village in Rathedaung Township fleeing to safer locations, locals said.

Farmers in Kyauk Myaung village tract, Ann Township, have submitted a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Commission alleging that their village-tract administrator and a government surveyor demanded money from them to obtain the No 7 Form for their farmlands.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that they will submit an appeal letter to the King of Thailand on October 21 to reduce the punishment for Win Zaw Tun and Zaw Linn, who have been sentenced to death in Thailand.

Locals are worried that homes have been set on fire in some villages of Arakan State and civil society organizations have denounced this action as a human rights violation.

A bomb exploded near a construction site of the NLD’s new office located east of Pan Zin bridge in Buthidaung Township on Thursday morning, said U Ye Thein, chairperson of the NLD in Buthidaung Township.

The court of Sittwe Township, on 9 October, examined 13 residents from Shinletwa, a village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, who are facing charges for allegedly associating with the Arakan Army (AA).

U Thar Htun Hla, chairperson of Arakan National Party (ANP), said that the party doesn’t have the chance to prepare for the upcoming 2020 general election because of ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) ...

Since the Tatmadaw has equipped its armed forces with more weapons and ammunition, armed conflicts are likely to be intensifying in coming days, the Arakan Army (AA) said on 8 October.

The Arakan Army (AA) stated on October 8 that a faction of No 22 Tatmadaw troop burned down homes in Nwar Yone Taung and Kun Taung villages in Buthidaung Township on October 3 and 4.

A clash broke out between the Tatmadaw and the AA near Kyauktan Village of Rathedaung Township on 8 October and a 17-year-old civilian man died from gunfire, according to the locals.

A Muslim man from Sin Thay Byin village, Buthidaung Township, died after being hit an artillery shell on the evening of 7 October, a family member told the DMG.

 “Some people that have been interrogated are civilians, and people suffer from wars in different ways. Innocent people are suspected and arrested, now there are many arrested youths. We want soldiers not to target innocent people during battles,” she said. 

Seven IDP camps are under construction at the industrial zone in Ponnagyun Township, Ywar Thit Kay and Thaung Da Rar villages in Rathedaung Township, Mrauk-U Airport, Nidin village in Minbya Township, Myaung-Nar village in Buthidaung Township and Myothit ward in Kyauktaw Township, according to the government.