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Myanmar army set fire Para Boung village in Kyauktaw township on September 3. AN. September 4, 2020 Myanmar army burned down two villages and over 200 houses in Kyauktaw township between 8 and 10 pm last night. Fleeing villagers from Phara Poung village, about two miles away from Kyauktaw town, reported 100 Myanmar soldiers searched and arrested entire villagers in Parabong and Taung Pauk villages yesterday evening and then burn down entire village. They said, “The soldiers let them go home about 7 o’clock from interrogation in the evening and then torched down some houses from the north of the village. The flame jumped one after another and all houses were burned down.” “About 30 and disable men and women are trapped inside the village. I don’t know they were killed or alive in the flame,” said Ma Tin Aye Nu* from Parabong g village. She said she and her family crossed the river and fleeing to eastern side of Kalandan river. “I saw the flames are spreading to neighboring...

Araknese Deported by Singaporean government is arrested at Yangon Airport on July 11, 2019 Dramatic Impact of Internet Shutdown in Rakhine State (Report of From June 21 to July 24, 2019) Released by Arakan Information Center (AiC;   Sittway, Yangon, Chiang Mi-Thailand and Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia.   Summary : Myanmar government has shut down internet for more than one month. During the periods of 34 days blackout, 6 civilians are killed; 27 civilians are injured, including gunshot, ferry boat sinking, and landmine explosions; 26 villagers get arrested; 4 villages burned down; several people are missing; 9,042 refugees take shelters in IDP camps; 9,000 people are affected by water flood; due to the water flooding, 30 houses damaged, 22 cows died, and 70,000 acres of farmland damaged and male-cultivations. Arakan Army’s daily and weekly press releases say 47 military clashes have been taken places and kill 286 Myanamr soldiers aftet the i...