Narinjara News, 8 September 2022

Three local residents of Ann township in Rakhine State, including a village administrator, were arrested bythe western military command headsquare(Napakha) soon after they were called for questioning on Tuesday.

The arrested individuals are U Nyi Tin Maung, the administrator of Mour village, U U Win Aung, owner of aflower lover restaurant in NyoungChaung village and another resident from Tan Tin village.

They were taken to the military headquarter on 6 Septemberat around 10 am forinterrogations. But till date they are now released.

"They are yet to be released. Now we come to know thatthey are being arrested. But we donot know the reason for their arrest,” said a relative of one arrestee.

He added that the family members have been pursuing with thejunta authorities for their earlyrelease.

He also expressed dismay that if the military personnel asksomeone for interrogations andthen arrest him/her with no reason explained to the families, it becomes a very disturbing trend for thecitizens.

Various Arakanese political analysts argue that the ongoingmilitary and political crisis inRakhine State are affecting the civilians in bad ways.

On 4 September, the military council and the police arrested Korinsot (b) Kyaw Zanwei, a young comedian fromMrauk U town for a social media post.

Till now, the military junta has arrested and charged over 40 civilians from Maungdaw, Kyauk Taw,Ponna Kyunt, Kyauk Pru and  MraukU townships with no such legitimate reasons.