Daily wage earners in Arakan State are facing hardships as businesses and construction sites have shut down due to escalating fighting since November 13.

The AA told junta personnel to contact their nearest AA bases immediately and surrender “if they don’t want to die and want to see their families and relatives [again].”

AA fighters seized the two ferryboats docked at a jetty in Kyauktaw and took the two boats along the Kaladan River.

Myanmar’s military regime is reportedly attempting to arrest 13 local people including a ward administrator and a lawyer in Maungdaw, Arakan State, on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA).

Fighting has continued in Paletwa Township, Chin State, after the Arakan Army (AA) launched attacks on two of the military’s strategic hilltop camps near Taronai Village.

At least 12 local people in Kyaukphyu have been detained since renewed hostilities between the military and Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State.

The sounds of heavy weapon fire were heard in the Arakan State capital Sittwe at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, according to residents.

Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township effectively ran out of fuel on Tuesday due to junta-imposed travel restrictions, according to residents.

Fierce fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) has been ongoing in Pauktaw, Arakan State, since Tuesday afternoon, according to locals.

The chopper fired on farmlands near Minzichaung Village for 10 minutes without fighting or other provocation, and no casualties were reported, according to locals.

More than 600 educational employees took the examination on November 13 and concluded the exam on November 17, but have since been unable to return home.

A pharmacy owner in Minbya said: “We have run out of many medicines as people bought large amounts of medicines following the blockade. The remaining stocks will only last for a week at my pharmacy.”

Tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes in Sittwe, Pauktaw, Rathedaung, Ponnagyun and Minbya townships due to the junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks and arbitrary arrests.

The Arakan Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Association demanded on Monday that civilians trapped in the fighting in Pauktaw town for five days be allowed to leave.

Meanwhile, an order issued by the junta-appointed Kyaukphyu Township administrator reads: “Unauthorised fishing, sailing and mooring along the river and shore adjacent to the town is prohibited.”

About 20 junta soldiers arrested Maung Maung Zan, a 7-year-old boy, and Ko Zaw Zaw, 20, from Sittwe’s Minzan Ward at Shwe Yaung Sone Monastery at around 10 p.m. on November 18.

The junta is expanding and building new military camps in some towns as fighting between its troops and the Arakan Army has been intensifying since November 13 in Arakan State, according to local people.

U San Shwe Maung, the man detained, has been using the “Ko Myat Yun Arakan” Facebook account to spread propaganda with the aim of disrupting national stability, the military council said.

Fighting between the military and AA continued on November 19, and the military subsequently attacked with helicopter gunships, locals said.