Trees conservationists in Sittwe firmly reject the act of chopping down trees for safety reasons and requested appropriate authorities not to fell trees.   

The Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State have been “locking horns” with each other for over six months at the expense of local people have been facing human rights violations, according to a statement released by a group of civil society organizations on 5 July.

Two men from Pauk Too Taung village in Myebon Township were shot dead on 5 July at about 8 p.m, according to an MP for Myebon Township.

A passenger motorboat heading to Saku Island in Rambree Township from Taunggup town sank at noon on 5 July because of heavy waves and gusty winds in Kalin Taung River, according to locals. 

A military column under No.22 Brigade set fire to houses in Amyet Taung village in Rathedaung Township on the afternoon of 5 July at about 2 p.m., according to locals.

The Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp at the bank of Lay Myo River in Mrauk-U Township is inundated with rain and river water, more than 400 houses are in dire need of immediate evacuation,

The AA’s Commander-in-Chief Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing, deputy chief Big-Gen Nyo Twan Aung, Colonel Kyaw Han, Information officer Khiang Thukha and San Shwe Maung have been charged by Sittwe District court under the Counter-Terrorism law.

 Artillery shells that landed in a village during the skirmish between the Tatmadaw and the AA on 30 June near Minthartaung village in Kyauktaw Township, made villagers anxious about their safety.   

Some contestants for the beauty pageant were coming from conflict affected areas, so their journey could be problematic, consequently, the organizer of the Miss Universe Sittwe 2019 decided to call off the event,

“The Tatmadaw bears the main responsibility for security and protection, and we work on governing. So, it is hard for us to instruct the Tatmadaw how to handle certain situations.

A guest-house opened on the Yangon-Mandalay highway on 2 July. Travelers can stay overnight for free if they get tired from traveling long distances.

Arakan State has the second lowest number of reported rape cases among all states and regions, the Rakhine Women’s Committee said on Myanmar Women’s Day, which fell on July 3.

“It is meaningless that people were killed just because they were suspects and they were not protected by the rule of law. The ANP cannot accept such incidents.

“It was a terrible case. Villagers were arrested and tortured. Ko Zaw Win Hlaing died from injuries he received while soldiers beat him senseless during his interrogation. Such situations should just not happen, so we denounce that incident,”

As hostilities between the Tatmadaw and the AA keep mounting clashes continue in northern Arakan State. Recently, both sides received heavy causalities during a battle, the AA said.

In the case of 13 people from Chin Let Wa village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, who have been charged under section 17 (1) and (2) of the Unlawful Association Act, four prosecution witnesses have been questioned

Since a Tatmadaw troop fired guns at farmers heading to their farmland in Htate Wa Pyin and Yote Chaung villages in Mrauk-U Township, local farmers are finding it difficult to grow paddy according to villagers.

Torrential rainfall in Arakan State has produced floods in one hundred houses in Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp in Mrauk-U Township, according to relief workers.

Local residents from Kan Pyin village who returned from IDP camps in the Buthidaung downtown area to work on their village farmland have been detained for interrogation on 2 July by the Tatmadaw, said Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Buthidaung Township.