Myebon Township is one of the eight townships the government cut off the Internet access. The armed conflict between the Tatmadaw and the AA broke out on 19 July was the first clash in the Township.

The United League of Arakan/ Arakan Army (ULA/AA) on 18 July announced that it desired joint business ventures with all countries and organizations who want to invest in Arakan State.

Recent floods in Mrauk-U Township affected Tin Nyo IDP camp and refugees are suffering harsh living conditions. They need food, proper shelter and health care, according to camp managers.

IDP camps are located in monasteries, the rooms are tiny, camps are crowded, toilets are far from their rooms and there is no privacy for women to change their clothes and to bath and sleep. These are challenges for women in IDP camps.

More than 30 people are taking shelter in relatives’ homes in Kyauk Phyu and Ann townships because of fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA.

To reduce the risks of land mine and dangerous explosive remnants of war (ERWs), a course opened in Sittwe to raise public awareness on landmine risk and safe behavior.

“There is some concern over Muslims living in villages and in camps for internally displaced people in at-risk areas who are also more vulnerable due to restrictions on freedom of movement in those areas,” the report said.

Colonel Win Zaw Oo from the Western Command said that the Navy ship was attacked and the Tatmadaw troops currently have conducted regional clearance operations.

Two suspects are on trial for attacking the Myanmar Navy’s anchored tugboat on 22 June in the capital Sittwe.

Author Thaung Wai Oo, who penned the book titled “Battles the AA Fought in Arakan State and History of the AA”, officially apologized to Amyotha Hluttaw MP Daw Htoo May through state-owned media on 20 July for including erroneous information about her in the book.

An activists’ group has been interrogated by police yesterday for collecting funds in Sittwe to provide for IDPs in Arakan State.

The Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army locked horns times in three townships in Arakan State and one township in Chin State on 19 July, Martyr’s Day, according to the AA’s spokesperson Khaing Thukha.

A legislator urges the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) to conduct field inspections regarding Arakanese villagers that were killed in custody during detention under suspicion of involvement with the Arakan Army.

Local residents from Pauk Tu Taung village in Myebon Township, Arakan State, have been concerned about their safety when pieces of shrapnel landed in their village yesterday morning at about 9 a.m.

The Arakan State Students’ Union demanded to stop wrongfully arrests and torture of students and civilians in their eleven-point statement released after their annual conference held in Thandwe in Arakan State for two days on 13 and 14 July.

The Sittwe district court cannot begin a legal trial against twelve villagers and five top leaders from the Arakan Army under the Counter-Terrorism law because the arrest warrant isn’t approved, Daw Aye Nu Sein, lawyer for the case, told the DMG.

The Mrauk-U Princess Hotel has been closed due to the decline of visitors to the ancient city of Mrauk-U because of the ongoing clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Mrauk-U Township and other townships in northern Arakan State.

About 100 people from conflicted affected villages such as Nwa Yone Daung, Oo Yin Tha and San Go Daung villages have been stranded since new clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA erupted a couple days ago.

The Arakan National Party (ANP) released a statement yesterday requesting the government to issue factual information in a timely fashion regarding the case of leaders of the Arakan Association (Singapore) who were deported from Singapore.