More than 100 junta soldiers have reportedly abandoned two hilltop camps near Panmyaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Minbya Township, according to local people.

Myanmar’s military regime has blockaded Paletwa town in southern Chin State as of Monday, after losing control of two tactical command bases in the town.

Junta spokesman Major-General Zaw Min Tun has accused media agencies of making negative reports about the political dialogue between Myanmar’s military regime and the Brotherhood Alliance.

“Junta soldiers and policemen arrived at BXT port in two military trucks, detained several ferry boatmen and opened fire on people on sight,” said one boatman.

The Brotherhood Alliance said in a statement on December 12 that it will not ignore the political goals of the entire Myanmar people, who have been suffering from the oppression of the military regime for generations.

Myanmar’s military regime detained two Myeik-based reporters working for Dawei Watch on December 11, the Dawei-based news outlet said in a statement on Wednesday.

The junta’s military bases in Kyaukphyu Township have carried out continuous artillery and naval bombardment and shooting since renewed fighting broke out between the regime and the Arakan Army (AA) in the second week of November.

A Myanmar military jet strafed near a junta tactical command base in Nonebu, northern Paletwa Township, Chin State, on Tuesday morning following the Arakan Army’s seizure of a base there.

Renewed fighting in Arakan State that erupted some 20 days after the launch of Operation 1027 is primarily taking place at and in close proximity to the sites of foreign investments, according to the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

The Brotherhood Alliance, which is conducting its ‘Operation 1027’, and the regime have held talks thanks to China’s mediation, but political analysts say the operation is not likely to be stopped.

At least five residents of Panmyaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Minbya Township, were reportedly arrested at their homes by regime soldiers at around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

Fishing operations have effectively ceased in Arakan State and fish and prawn cannot be exported to mainland Myanmar due to the junta’s blockading of land and water routes to the state.

The union said it does not want what it calls an “education system implemented by fascists and designed to enslave people.”

Manaung Township is an island in the Bay of Bengal, and relies on water transport to connect with other townships in Arakan State.

Some civilians in Arakan State who were injured by junta heavy weapons or small arms fire are struggling to afford medical treatment.

It has been nearly one month since fighting broke out between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State’s Pauktaw town on November 16 following the AA’s seizure of the central police station in Pauktaw.

Rural healthcare centres, which are mainly relied on by rural people, are also in short supply of medicines, or the clinics are closed.

Junta artillery strikes and a drone attack killed one civilian and injured nine others in Arakan State on December 10.

A Muslim man from Ngan Chaung Village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Saturday morning.