Eight Arakanese youth released from prison after Mrauk U protest
Eight Rakhine youth were released from Mrauk U prison yesterday, after they were detained for a protest in January.
Eight Rakhine youth were released from Mrauk U prison yesterday, after they were detained for a protest in January.
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The Arakan Army denies allegations that the ethnic armed group was a conspirator in the recent murder of a former administrator for Mrauk-U Township in Rakhine State, where a police crackdown last month killed seven people.
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The Ministry of Home Affairs announces that four suspects have been arrested over the murder of Bo Bo Min Thaik, a former administrator for Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine State.
“It is most likely that both sides – members of the police force and protesters – violated certain customs, commands and laws.”
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The five staged a rally in front of the Rakhine state cabinet building in Sittwe, bearing placards calling for the government to take full responsibility for the killings.
The Rakhine State government has offered financial assistance of 500,000 kyats ($370) to each of the families of seven people who were killed during a police crackdown on a protest in Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine State, earlier this week.
At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township when police cracked down on a gathering Tuesday to protest authorities’ decision to block a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the Arakan kingdom’s demise.
The three men say they were returning home by car after Thingyan when they were pulled over at a checkpoint, and a confrontation escalated into a fight.
The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.
Commuters are unable to drive their vehicles either forward or backward due to floodwaters. Ten buses are among those stranded.
Celebrated Burmese meteorologist Tun Lwin has predicted that floods will soon blanket all of western Arakan State, as well as the Chin, Sagaing and Kachin regions.
The museum chronicling the ancient kingdom of Mrauk-U, one of Burma’s most important cultural sites, is housed in a poorly lit building devoid of visitors.
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Some one million people in Burma have been affected by recent floods, which cost the lives of nearly a hundred people, according to the government’s Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD).
Burma’s government has now put the death toll relating to torrential flooding at 55 in Arakan State, but local parliamentarian Pe Than said the final figure was likely to be higher.
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“We are cooperating and inviting international assistance. We have started contacting possible donor organizations and countries,” said Ye Htut.
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The town of Mrauk-U in Arakan State has suffered the greatest impact from monsoonal flooding.
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Most of the casualties in Arakan were the result of boats capsizing or sinking on rivers. Some 130 rescue camps have been set up across the state.
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Two Burmese migrants – a father and son – were sold by human traffickers a total of three times from one owner to another in southern Thailand’s Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
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Arakanese historical sites, such as Mrauk-U, will be protected under the new Arakan State Culture Heritage Conservation Law, includes penalties for anyone who builds, abuses, digs or exploits demarcated sites of cultural value.
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The government plans to restart a stalled railway project that will pass through Mrauk-U, an ancient city in northern Arakan State, although authorities and locals could not agree on where the railway will traverse.
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Two people, including a four-year-old child, were killed after part of a hillside in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.
Ashin Sekeina, a Buddhist monk from Arakan State capital Sittwe, has just completed his pilgrimage to Mrauk U, a 100-plus mile journey by foot in the name of peace and regional development.
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Two Arakanese men have been convicted of murder in connection with the Mrauk-U massacre in October 2012 when 70 Muslims, including 28 children, were killed in a single day. Both men were dealt 10-year sentences with labour.