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Myanmar Army Arrests more Villagers in Rakhine State in Recent Days May 30, 2019. Sittway Myanmar soldiers in Rakhine village  Myanmar Army arrested several villagers from Buthidaung and Kyaultaw townships recently. Myanmar Army’s combined force of LID 55 and 99 of 50 soldiers came to Minthar Daung village, Kyauktaw township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, at 4 pm on May 29. Then they arrested village Chairman Aung Thein Kyaw, 51, and Kyan Thein Aung, 50, in the village. The soldiers told the families the chairman and the villager were taken to meet the army officer for questioning. Both men have not come back homes until May 30. Their families are worry they may be tortured and killed. No further news and contacs has yet got from the arrested villagers. On May 28, Myanmar army arrested 6 villagers from Nyung Chung village when they were fishing in river. The soldiers came to their fishing boat and asked them to do guiding works. They refu...

Unusual and Cruel Punishments on Rakhine Villagers under Counter Terrorist Laws May 24, 2019. Sittway “How can we continue our lives under these condition of repressions,” U Tun Hla Oo told our news and documentation center. U Tun Hla Oo is a farmer, and his wife is Daw Atone Khine. They are late 60s and dependents on their son and his productions and services. But their son, Maung Kyaw Thein, 24, has been arrested by Myanmar Army since April 20, 2019. He was arrested by the soldiers at the Buddhist temple in Mawyawaddy village, Maungdaw township, Rakhine State. Thus, this old and extremely poor couples’ future survival is uncertain. A bomb was exploded on the road between Mawyawaddy and Kangree, about one mile from Mawyawaddy at 7 PM on April 24. Thirty minutes later, the regional based military personals of 50 surrounded the village and searched every young men and women. Then the soldiers found a hand phone on Maung Kyaw Thein’s motorbike a...

Myanmar Army Furor and Killed a Half Dozen Children; Arrests and Tortures Many in Rakhine State in May Third Week May 21, 2019. Sittway. Myanmar Army stopped a fishing boat and arrested nine villagers and tortured in Nargara Village, Kyauktaw township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, on May 21. The villagers went to Kalandan river for fishing in the morning. Soldiers called them to stop, but they could not hear the calls because of engine noise. Then the soldiers shot their guns to the boat. The nine villagers were briefly arrested and asked questions whether they were members of Arakan Army. The villagers answered they are fishermen and nothing to do with AA. The soldiers beaten all nine villagers, and a man was injured in his head and hands. The injured man is Tin Aye Thein. Other arrested villagers are U Maung Thar, U Hla Sein Aung, U Zaw Zaw Maung, U Tin Aye Thein, U Maung Aung Than, U Maung Lu Gree, U Thein Tun, U Than Chay, and U Maung Than Myint. A h...

Ma Ami Chay, 10 years old girl shot and killed by Myanmar Army soldier in Myuk Chaung village, Rakhine, May 19, 2019 Violence against Civilian Rampaged: Western and European Ignored While Killing of Children in Rakhine State Despite May 20, 2019. Sittway Myanmar army shot and shelled in a couple of villages, Kyuktaw Township, killed a child and wounded several other on May 19. The soldiers shot and killed a child in Myuk Chung, Kyauk Taw township at 5.45 PM on May 19. The shooting occurred after two sibling children came back from a temple nearby the village. These siblings went to the temple in evening to assist the chief monk to reload phone bills and donated some refreshment drinks. When they were coming back from the temple to the village, they heard gunfire. Then they run into the bushes. Then the soldiers randomly shot them from the back. The soldiers did not distinguish between adults and children. A ten years old girl, Ma Athin Chay, 10, died o...