Arakanland News & Article

Badge of 55Th Light Infantry Division based in Aungban, South Shan State

Brutal Burmese Army 55Th  Light Infantry Division committed war crime in the Outthakan Villege, Mrauk U Township at the morning of 3/29/2018.
They surrounded the village and opened fire the deliberate killing of unarmed civilians without fighting between the Burmese Army and the Army. At least 2 killed. 6 wounded, and 6 arrested as porters. said villagers. The Burmese Army unlawfully killed U Pho Khin, 60, and Ma Sape, 25, who was a small grocer. Also two animals,a cow and a pig, were shot dead.

The arbitrary arresting innocent people are:
1) U Ba Tun
2) U Sein Tun, 40
3) U Hla Thein Maung, 45
4) U Ko Naing, 40
5) U Maung Fru Chay, 50
6) Unknown person from Kratsaun Village
During the arresting, U Sein Tun and U Hla Thein Maung were beaten by bloodthirsty Burmese troops.
In human Burmese Army is intentionally attacked with the fake battles against the civilians in Arakan. They committed war crime constantly with the killing and other violences: torture , ill-treatment, and arbitrary arrests.
Similarly, brutal Burmese Army committed attacks against civilians in the Setaung Village, Buddor Village, Thameehla Villager, and Mrauk U. All innocent civilians are deeply concerned recent attacking, arresting, torturing, and killing of Burmese troops without respecting international law in Arakan.

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Wounded Women 

Innocent civilians who live in Outthakan village are killed by shooting and shelling of brutal Burmese Army at local time 6:30 am today in Arakan on 03/29/19. According to local report, at leastone young girl killed and 4 (one female and 3 males) injured. One woman is seriously wounded in her head and leg and admitted to cure as a inner patient at the Mrauk U Hospital. Three men who are minor injuried have been treating at the Tinnyo Hospital, Mrauk U Township.

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Brutal Burmese Army based in Mrauk U shelled the mountainous areas of Laymro River. Their artilleries fired 46 rounds from 7am to 6:30 pm, said local people. Burmese Army has sat two positions of artilleries at the top of  two mountains, Northeast of Mrauk U. According to local report source said that there were fighting between the inhuman Burmese Army and the Arakan Army at the Watchaung areas of upper Laymro River. During fighting, Burmese troops were killed and blocked by the Arakan Army. How many Burmese soldiers were killed, not yet confirmed in detail information.These artillaries shelled to battle area.

The battles have engaged between the insurgent Burmese Army and Arakan Army in Arakan and extented into Mrauk U Township. Currently, locals have said 500 Burmese troops are acting near the Mrauk U area. Civilians of Mrauk U are still concerned about brutal Burmese Army intentionally attacked against innocent people last on 15,18 March.

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Recently, 5 innocent  civilians from Sun Sha Site Village, Mrauk U, were arrested by the 540 and 377 Light Infantry Battalion of brutal Burmese Army, which are now targeting to attack directly against civilians in Arakan. Arresting persons are cowherds and gardener. 4 cowhands were captured at the 377 LIB Bongdat military area and one gardener was arrested at the Natdone Mrauk U City wall when they were looking for their cows and going to the garden. One young man who is a gardener ,Thak national,  indigenous people of Arakan, released after buying alcohol for Burmese troops of 540 LIB at the Natdone of Panzeeyaung creek. 4 cowhands are still detained at the Mrauk U Police Station, however it is not yet confirmed, according to local report. 

They are:

1) Japu, 20 years old, son of U Maung Ni Chay

2) Kyaw Mum Tun, 25 years old, son of U Kyaw Than Maung

 3) Maung San Naing, 30 years old, son of U San Thein

4) U Shwe Maung, 41 years old, son of U U Sein Hla

Their families are deeply concerned about in this arbitrary arrest and detention of Burmese Army, which is widely committed war crime against civilians in Arakan.

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According to Social Media Facebook post, 4 innocent family were and one Senior Woman mercilessly killed during hiding in the sefty hole by the shooting of  Burmese Army at the night of Se Taung Village, Buthitaung Township.

The death list of family is:

1) U Maung Aye Tun

2) Daw Than Nyint

3) Daw Ma Sein Kyaunt

4) Six years old daughter of Daw Than Nyint

5) U Ba Nyint's Mother, 70 years old

Local people source said, 22nd Division of inhuman Burmese Army brutally shot the Se Taung Village with the heavy weapons around at 10 pm yesterday  to until 7:30 am today.This is absolutely committed war crime and started crim against humanity in Arakan. Obviously,  Burmese Army has targeted direct threat against the civilians when they have faced drubbing against the Arakan Army since 2018.

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A bloodthirstiest Burmese Army 378 Light Infantry Battalion opens fire into two villages, Moungsway and Tharataw, 3 Miles far away from the South of Mrauk U at 5 pm today, said Maung from Mrauk U.

He explains a brutal Burmese Army intentionally shoots into the villegs with the weapons and mortars at 5pm and they rush to enter in the villages and arrest the civilians as porters at 6 pm. The villagers are on the run from the Burmese soldiers' arresting. He does not know in detail about how many people are arrested. However, some villagers are badly knocked and got the injured by Burmese Army and one headmaster of Primary School in Tharataw Village is wounded on his head.

At the night, District Police Headquarters of Mrauk U foully shells jungle and mountain areas of Thapuntaing and Panzeemyaung, where may be fallacious thought as Arakan Army movement.

In Mrauk U, an uncivilized  Burmese Army insolently shot around the city with the heavy shelling and weapons in the nights of 15 and 18 March, 2019 without fighting between the Burmese Aramy and the Arakan Army. On 18 March shooting, at least 7 civilians were injured and some houses in Rawhoungtaw and Baungdat were burnt and some houses in Alayzee ward were hit spots of bullets and shells. A private Kanbawza Bank also was shot a lot of bullet spots.

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Note to correspondents

The Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Knut Ostby is deeply concerned about new reports of fighting between the Arakan Army and Myanmar security forces which continue to cause civilian casualties and displacement of communities in Rakhine State.

Mr. Ostby urges all sides of the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians, resolve differences through peaceful means, uphold their responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law, including the preservation of sites of cultural heritage.

Mr. Ostby calls for effective humanitarian access to populations in need of aid, particularly the children, women, elderly and other affected people. The United Nations is in contact with the Myanmar authorities and stands ready to continue with the humanitarian support to the affected civilian populations.

Yangon, 19 March 2019

Media contact: Stanislav Saling, Spokesperson, Office of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, stanislav.saling@one.un.org or +95-942 651 9871

Download at http://mm.one.un.org/content/unct/myanmar/en/home/news/note-to-correspondents4.html

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Daw Thein Thein,51, Was Seriously Injured by Burmese Army Shooting

Mrauk U civilians are randomly attacked by brutal Burmese Army at 7:30 pm-10:30 pm. on 18 March, 2019. Burmese troops are still shooting anywhere in Mrauk U, including downtown. At least seven civilians, including a woman and two children have been injured and some houses in Rawhongtaw Villege were burnt down by inhuman Burmese light Infantry Battalions: 540, 377, 378. They have systematically treated and targeted to the civilians and committed war crime and crime against humanity in Arakan.

The day before yesterday, Burmese Army fired into the villages of Mrauk U with the making a fraudulent war against the Arakan Army. Daw Khain Khain Thein, 47, wounded by the hitting of motor shell and a rocket smashed into the side of Mrehthay Pagoda, near the Htukkant Thein Temple. Mrauk U (1430 AD and 1785 AD) is an ancient capital of Arakn and there are many interested historical sites: temples, pagodas, and palace and other. The city is very important place of Arakan culturally, literally, and architecturally and it has arranged to recognize a list of world heritage of UNESCO. Burmese Army should be respected the “Hague Conversation for the Protection of Culture Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,” which have been singed by Burma since 1954.

On 16 of March, Burmese Army was positioned surrounded the near the city of Mrauk and they burnt down the forest of Kyaukritekey Mountain. 

The people of Arakan deeply concerned in these shootings as inhuman practice and atrocities have been committed against the innocent people of Arakan by Burmese military troops on 15 and 18 of March with the weapons, including heavy guns. It is unlawful tactic to threaten against civilians directly and Burmese Army definitely violates an act of the international laws: Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Geneva Convention.

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