It has now been twenty days since the Internet has been cut off in eight townships of Arakan State. It’s not known if the government has any intention to lift the ban.  

Since ongoing armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA continue in Arakan State, political parties and other organizations are concerned if the 2020 election can be held in the region.

About 700 IDPs from Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U Townships are facing health problems as a result of ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State, the Rakhine Ethnics Congress released a statement on 9 July.

In order to advance the investigations about violence that broke out in Arakan State’s Maungdaw district, an investigation tribunal met and discussed the issues with a legal advisory team, the Tatmadaw announced.

More than 30 people from Kan Pyin village in Buthidaung Township have been sequestered in a monastery by a military troop. The villagers have been ordered not to go outside the monastery for nine days, so their food supply has run out.

The water level of Lay Myo river located east of Mrauk-U town in Arakan State has risen above its critical level and will continue to rise by about three feet in the next two days, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced on 10 July.

The Indian government yesterday handed over 250 houses built for Hindu, Muslim and Arakanese people in Maungdaw Township whose houses were burnt during violence in 2017.

However, members of the AA-S have questioned whether the surprise arrest was carried out with the United League of Arakan (ULA) and the Arakan Army’s (AA) knowledge of the arrests.

The sinking of three boats in Arakan State in the first week of July, leaving several people dead and missing, has prompted renewed calls for improved water transport safety. 

Traders encounter difficulty showing samples of their goods to export to the neighboring country and to place orders for goods from Bangladesh to import to Myanmar, a trader from Maungdaw said.

The compilation of a draft proposal to list the ancient city Mrauk-U in Arakan State as a world cultural heritage zone is 70 percent completed now, according to the Department of Archaeology in Mrauk-U Township.

People with disabilities in Arakan State have not appreciated their rights completely, said U Hla Myint, chairperson of the Arakan State Association for Persons with Disabilities.

Tatmadaw vehicles struck landmines near AungThapyay @ Dat Taw village at Tan Tin village-tract in Ann Township, Arakan State, last month. Colonel Win Zaw Oo said the three people were being questioned in relation to the case. 

The flood was caused by a poor sanitation system, blocked drainage outlets, heavy water flow from the mountain and the drying up of creeks, said U San Ngwe, the chairman of Taungoke township municipal committee. 

The student union, teacher’s union and school authorities are cooperating to increase the security at Sittwe University since July 8 due to high rates of motorbike theft and weak security. 

More than 60 Muslims were caught in a boat near Myin Hlut in Maungdaw township on July 7, police officer Aung Kyaw Moe from No. 4 Border Guard Police sub troop told DMG. 

One of the eight injured detainees from Kyauktan village, Rathedaung Township, died on 6 July night at about 8 p.m. while he was receiving medical treatment at Rathedaung hospital, according to family members.

A member of the Arakan Army on 30 June returned to a normal life through a Tamadaw column conducting security operations in Kachin State’s Bamaw Township, the Tatmadaw released a statement on 6 July.

The Indian government on 2 July repatriated Arakanese IDPs from Chin State, who fled to Hmawngbuchuah Khau village in Mizoram state in India, a refugee said.