Ramma Gyun village in Gwa Township, southern Arakan State, was hit by a tornado yesterday morning, destroying at least 14 houses, according to local sources.

Some schools in conflict affected areas could be reopen, but seven schools in Rathedaung Township have been closed due to fighting, said U Sein Tun Hla, Deputy director of the office of the head of Education Department in Arakan State.

The Union Election Commission notified the Arakan Front Party on 2 July to reorganize its central executive committee because one CEC member is included in two political parties.

Nine Arakanese accused under a counterterrorism law including the younger brother of the AA’s chief Ko Aung Myat Kyaw yesterday were remanded at the Yangon Region’s Western District court from 26 July to 9 August.

The Supreme Court of the Union yesterday dismissed the appeal submitted Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung who have been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for high treason and incitement for giving speeches in a public event.

Following an attack of the AA at Nyaung Chaung BGF police outpost in Buthidaung Township, three Muslims and one Arakanese from nearby a village received bullet wounds, local residents told the DMG.

The Arakan Army attacked Nyaung Chaung Border Guard Force outpost in Buthidaung Township early this morning, the Tatmadaw and the AA confirmed.

Farmers from 27 village tracts in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, could not get agricultural bank loans due to the lack of village administrators, according to farmers.

The World Bank made a pledge to leaders of the Arakan State parliament four months ago to provide USD 100 million for socio-economic development of Sittwe, Pauktaw, Ponnagyun, Minbya and Mrauk-U Townships.

A female teacher who was released after a one-day interrogation by the Tatmadaw has been provided with medical treatment yesterday because she fainted when she saw villagers fleeing from homes as a military troop enter their village.

Medical staff are facing challenges to provide health care service for people from remote areas in northern Arakan State where armed conflicts continue, according to the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

Eight out of ten suspects allegedly involved in the attack on a Navy tugboat near Sat Yoe Kya Bridge in Arakan State’s capital Sittwe have been released after a police interrogation, but two of the accused have been charged for leaving Myanmar illegally.

The humanitarian aid for IDPs in Arakan State has been diminishing due to the ongoing skirmishes between the Tatmadaw and the AA, relief aid workers said.

Two mines exploded near a bridge connecting between Chut Pyin and Padauk Myaing villages in Rathedaung Township this afternoon, forcing people from the whole village to flee to safety, according to an anonymous local resident.

The Arakan Front Party (AFP) has requested the Union Election Commission to facilitate migrant Arakanese at Phakant region in Kachin State to vote in the 2020 election. 

The total of 27 Muslims from IDP camps in Sittwe, out of 63 illegal boat people who have been arrested in Maungdaw Township while attempting to reach Malaysia, have been charged under section 13 (1) of the immigration law in Myanmar.

The number of patients infected with swine flu in Arakan State has reached six between January and 22 July this year, according to the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

The Supreme Court of the Union tomorrow is going to make a decision if it accepts the appeal submitted by Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung who have been sentenced to 20-years imprisonment, said a lawyer.

Armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA should not occur in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, Chin communities said in the press conference held in Yangon on 23 July.