28 Fatalities in Assault on Arakan Army POW Camp in Northern Mrauk-U
The AA stated on January 19th and mentioned that In the Rakhine State, near Yan Chaung in the northern part of Mrauk-U Township, the Arakan Army (AA) reported that their military base was attacked three times from the air by a terrorist junta group. As a result, 28 people, including children and women, were killed and 25 others were injured.
The attacks, which took place on the evening of January 18th, targeted the temporary shelter where the families of members of terrorist military junta groups who had been captured during the Rakhine conflict and were being held for release. The statement indicated that some of the victims were as young as two years old, and several of the injured are in critical condition and receiving emergency medical treatment. The statement also noted that more deaths may occur due to the severity of some injuries.
Related updates
A House Built on Sand – The Junta's Election Plan
Gerrymandering means grouping or spreading out areas of assured support so that the outcome a party needs can be shaped as desired. For the junta, it has already created conditions in which only its backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and a few supporting parties can contest and win, having dissolved major parties such as the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) amid a broad political boycott. In that situation, it needs to create the appearance that the election can be held widely.
ASEAN, the UN and International Engagement on Myanmar in October
October was a period when Myanmar's affairs were once again discussed on the world political stage, with the ASEAN Summit and the UN General Assembly. Below is a summary report of international developments on Myanmar during October.
AA Responds That Drug Allegations Are Merely Political Attacks
On March 19, the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) responded that reports in the military's mouthpiece newspapers of March 18 and 19, claiming that AA economic officer Ye Win (a.k.a. Kyaw Soe Lin) and his wife Ma Thida Myint were involved in a drug seizure worth 96 billion kyat, have nothing to do with its organization and are merely a malicious political attack.
NUG Minister of Home Affairs Confirms Military Tribunal to Investigate Ten Suspects in Fr. Donald Martin’s Death
On February 14, in Kangyi Taw Village of Shwebo District, at Ludmal Thawma Church, the Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Mandalay, Fr. Donald Martin, was killed. The ten suspects for his murder had been identified. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration of the National Unity Government (NUG) announced on January 17 that these suspects would be investigated by military tribunals of the Ministry of Defense of NUG, and actions would be taken according to the law.