Security  forces  arrested  eight  villagers  in  Mrau-kU  on  suspicion  of  being  members  of  the  Arakan  Army-AA on 20 June.

With the first two or three rainfalls of the monsoon season, the high temperatures in central Myanmar have fallen and local residents are at last feeling some relief from the heat. The early rain during the monsoon season reminds me of my annual trekking to Mt. Popa in central Myanmar.

A meeting between Dr. Win Myat Aye, UEHRD Vice Chairman (1), UEHRD committee members and Task Forces was held at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Yangon yesterday afternoon. Dr. Win Myat Aye is also the Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. (UEHRD – Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine).

AA group attacked an anchored tugboat, which was struck by a rocket while anchored in a river in Sittway yesterday, killing two soldiers and injuring one, according to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.