There are 99 refugee camps with over 35,000 IDPs in Rathedaung, Buthidaung, Ponnagyun, Pauktaw, Minbya, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U Townships, according to Rakhine Ethnic Congress (REC).

IDP students can attend schools nearby the camps and temporary buildings will be built for the camps that are far from schools, said U Sein Tun Hla, deputy director of the Office of the Head of Education Department in Arakan State.

“We always hear the sound of artillery fire, but shells never land here. However, an artillery shell landed near the hospital yesterday, we were scared. Nurses were crying. I can’t persuade them to stay here.”

“They didn’t see their loved ones. It was painful for them. That’s why we, as the Arakan state government, submitted the proposal to return the bodies of victims to their respective families officially,” he told the media.

The Arakan National Party (ANP) sent an open letter to the heads of government on May 2 to take immediate action against some soldiers who attacked civilians during military operations in Northern Arakan State.

Seven villagers died and eight others were injured in Kyauktan village, Rathedaung Township, during an investigations by the Tatmadaw relating to possible affiliations with the AA, a resident, who asked to remain anonymous, told the DMG.

“Military and town elders dug a new grave in the village cemetery. While digging they unearthed the body of an old woman, and they stop digging,” said U Maung Kyaw Zan, Amyotha Hluttaw representtaive for Buthidaung Township.

A proposal urging the state government to allow support from NGOs/INGOs and CSOs for war refugees in Arakan State was submitted to the Arakan State Parliament on May 2.

A proposal urging the state government to allow support from NGOs/INGOs and CSOs for war refugees in Arakan State was submitted to the Arakan State Parliament on May 2.

More than 200 villagers from Kyauktan village in Rathedaung Township were summoned to a village school for questioning by No. 22 Brigade, according to locals.

U Kyaw Nyunt Maung, the lawyer for Dr Aye Maung, said that legal officials did not say why they put the court hearing off and he was not aware of the date of the new court hearing.

The Tatmadaw declared a unilateral ceasefire in four Commands from December 21 to April 30 and fierce battles broke out in Rakhine State within four months, AA’s spokesperson Khaing Thukha told the DMG.

The Tatmadaw’s ceasefire declaration for the Northern Command, North-East Command, East Command, Central Command and Triangle Region Command expired on Tuesday. The Tatmadaw keep omitting the Western Command for ceasefire declarations.

A proposal urging the government to set an effective deterrent plan as a move to protect cultural heritage sites in Mrauk-U from being destroyed by armed conflicts was submitted in Rakhine State Hluttaw on Tuesday.

The government’s ban made IDPs incur more difficulty, he added. “They are now in need of food and water. The rains will come soon. They need proper shelter for the rainy season,” he said.

U Naing Kyway Aye urges the Rakhine State government to sue all nine hotel owners for illegal building on the sandbank of the beach. Presently, only the Aureum Palace hotel has been sued while nine other hotels are breaching local construction rules and regulations.

The move, called “Gama Panyat”, has been launched based on their own decisions and it is gradually spreading to villages from Sittwe, Pauktaw, Rathedaung, Minbya, Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun Townships across Rakhine State.

The 14-year old boy, identified Maung Aung Myo Naing (aka) Bo Thura, died and a 12-year old boy, named Maung Aung Myo Win and a 4-year old girl were severely injured. The injured children are now at the Rathedaung hospital.

Conflicts in Rakhine State should be resolved through a peaceful process because people are facing a great deal of trouble due to ongoing conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA, chairperson of Khami Literature and Culture Association