Narinjara News, 5 August 2022

A high level leader of Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), a ceasefire EAO group of Rakhine State with themilitary council, was picked up  by the Arakan Army (AA) on 2 August.

Following the incident, the juntaforces along with an unknown armed group with military uniforms arrested threecivilians including a junior ward administrator and a woman.

U U Ba Saw (50 yearsold), head of the 100 houses in Sat Ron Suu ward, Daw Ma Nyun Sein (51)and Ko Ka Che (20) were arrested from the Rakhine capital city of Sittwe.

According to a local eyewitness, UU Ba Saw was arrested on the night of 2 August, whereas Daw MaNyun Sein  and Ko Ka Che were detained the next morning. The familymembers remain clueless about their whereabouts.

It may be mentioned that the UnitedLeague of Arakan/ Arakan Army (ULA/AA) raided the house of Lt Col Khaing PawLin at around 6 pm of 2 August and picked him up along with an eighth gradestudent Maung Soe Min Naing, said the ALP on 3 August.
Khaing Paw Lin is a closeassociate of  ALP vice-chairperson  Daw Saw Mya Raza Lin. He along with Saw Mya Raza Lin and ALP central executivemember Khaing Saw Mya attended the peace meeting, conducted by themilitary council chief senior general Min Aung Hlaing on 13 June 2022.

ALP associate secretary Khaing SawThan Aung admitted that they have no idea why AA members took away Khaing PawLin.

AA-backed Arakan Princess Media(APM) reported that the ALP members helped the military personnel in arrestingthree civilians after Khaing Paw Lin’s detention.

However, Khaing Saw Than Aungdenied the allegation and clarified that ALP members had no involvement withit.

There are two ethnic armed groupsin Rakhine State, where the AA has  over 30,000 members, who have beenindulging in battles against the Burmese forces. The other one is ALP witharound 200 members, which had signed the NCA peace agreement with the militaryjunta.