The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) office in Maungdaw Town, Arakan State, was burgled recently and pharmaceuticals were stolen, according to residents.

Refugees said Muslim armed groups such as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) abduct young people from the refugee camps in Bangladesh and turn them over to the military regime.

An elderly woman and three children from Wetkhaung Village in Kyauktaw Township contracted malaria and influenza and reportedly died because they could not receive medical treatment in time due to financial difficulties.

The Arakan State military council issued a notification on July 25 stating that action would be taken against civil servants in Arakan State for failing to report, according to government employees.

According to a July 28 statement from the three-member alliance, some “unintelligent” individuals have put out at least 10 fake statements under the name and stamps of the Three Brotherhood Alliance, using poorly written Chinese, falsehoods and Photoshop.

The AA is focused on overtaking Maungdaw, a border town in northern Arakan State adjacent to Bangladesh, where the regime maintains a strategic foothold.

Muslim refugees abducted from Bangladesh refugee camps were forced to join junta battalions in Maungdaw Township, where they underwent military training before being sent to the frontline.

A young man from Nay Pu Khan camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State's Kyauktaw Township drowned in the Kaladan River on the evening of July 28, family members said.

Five people including an administrator were injured after a mortar shell fired by Myanmar’s military regime fell and exploded in Ahtet Kanthayar Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, on Sunday.

The RCSS issued its lament in an announcement accompanying the Shan ethnic armed group’s biannual meeting on Monday at its headquarters in Loi Tai Leng, southern Shan State.

The KyweO Bridge near Thandwe Town collapsed when a group of IDPs from Jeittaw Ward crossed the bridge amid heavy fighting on the morning of July 27, according to a resident of Thandwe. 

A landslide occurred at a section of the Gwa-Ngathainggyaung road connecting Arakan State and Ayeyarwady Region due to incessant heavy rains in recent days.

More than 100 conscripts who recently completed their training have been assigned to security checkpoints, battalions and night patrols, sources told DMG.

Hospitals and clinics in Buthidaung are closed and pharmacies have been looted, causing shortages of medicines and attendant health problems, residents said.

Landslides are an active concern during the rainy season due to the construction of roads through the mountains of Arakan State, and the weather of late is adding to the risks.

Myanmar’s military regime blew up a bridge near Kyeintali Town, which links Thandwe and Gwa townships, on Wednesday in an apparent bid to prevent Arakkha Army (AA) troops from advancing on the town.

Frontline troops of the MNDAA declared the liberation of Lashio, the capital city of northern Shan State, on the morning of July 25.

“The grassroots are worried about the risk of landmines when they go to their farmlands and the forests, but they have no choice,” said a local woman in Minbya.

Heavy rains have triggered flooding in Arakan State’s Taungup, Thandwe and Gwa townships, according to residents.