Salt businessmen in Arakan State are facing financial losses for a variety of reasons including junta blockades triggered by the ongoing conflict between Myanmar's military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA).

The regime plans to fence off the area from Ngalapwe Ward to Ginechein Village and has begun erecting the fence in some places, said a source close to the General Administration Department (GAD).

A New Delhi-based rights body claimed the large-scale arson attack by illegal settlers took place in the Chittagong Hill Tracts at around 5 p.m. on Thursday.

IDPs report suffering from diarrhoea as well as skin diseases as they have no choice but to use unsanitary water for their daily needs.

Bombs dropped by the regime plane exploded at a workers' hostel, killing Daw Tin Tin Hla, a 45-year-old woman from Peinhnesan Village.

Thousands of local people from those villages were displaced by junta raids and fear of arbitrary arrest during the 2020 fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakkha Army (AA), and many of their homes were destroyed.

Four civilians were killed and 10 others were injured in junta artillery attacks and airstrikes so far this month, according to a DMG tally.

The civilian casualties were reported after a bomb dropped by the junta plane exploded near the main junction of the Ponnagyun-Rathedaung road at around 4 p.m. on September 17.

“We have no more homes and are facing food challenges as the recent flood destroyed our homes. We evacuated to safer locations in advance,” said a resident of Minbya Township.

The evictees are currently staying in Sittwe's Kontan, Mizan and Shwe Pyar wards, with some taking shelter at the monasteries there.

Residents have accused the military of planting landmines near about 20 villages in Kyaukphyu Township.

Min Aung Hlaing, who is also Myanmar's self-appointed acting president and prime minister, made the remarks during a meeting on natural disaster management held in Naypyidaw on September 17.

The civilian casualties were reported after junta soldiers stationed at the Kalarpyin police station fired mortar shells into Sandar Village on September 15, hitting the school.

Junta soldiers at a security checkpoint near the University of Taungup in Taungup, Arakan State, are reportedly extorting money from passersby.

Most of the detainees were arrested for postings on Facebook, while there were also arrests for messages or videos posted on Tiktok, Telegram and Viber. 

Young women from rural and remote parts of Arakan State, where fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA) is ongoing, say a lack of job opportunities has left them doing “chores” and other odd-jobs to eke out a living.

Four people including a child died in Kyauktaw Township's Pyaingtaing Village due to financial difficulties, lack of medicine and proper healthcare assistance, according to other villagers.

Hundreds of junta soldiers and police last week arrived in Shwepyitha Ward on the outskirts of Sittwe and at Kyaytaw Village and forcibly evicted residents from the areas.

From the military coup on February 1, 2021, to September 13, 2024, at least 5,654 were killed by the regime, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).