Narinjara News, 14 October 2022

At least six residents of Kyauk Taw  township located at upper Kaladan river have reportedly gone missingafter they were arrested by the juntaforces. The military personnel picked up three of them from a restaurant near Mahamuni Pagoda.
Presently, U Hla Maung Than (a 43 years old rice mill owner from Kadi (A) Thazin village), Maung Che (b) UMaung Thet Soe (39, from Apa Wa village),U Kyaw Hein (a local traditional practitioner from the Kawiradana IDP camp), U Maung Saw Tha along with two othervillagers have no contacts with their families.
The rice mill owner U Hla Maung Than along with  Maung Che were detained by the 539th battalioncommander based in Kan Souk village. Theywent to meet the commander on 2 October as he invited the villagers for some discussions.
U Kyaw Hein was arrested when he went to the station refugee camp for medical treatments on the night of 19July and since then he went missing.U Maung Saw Tha along with two other villagers were arrested on 1 August.
Daw Hla Aye San, wife of the rice mill owner, informed Narinjara News that she went to the battalion officeand met the commander.
“But we did not get any news about him. Now it's been more than ten days that we haven't heard anything. Ifmy husband was arrested, we shouldknow where he is kept. I am worried about my husband with the others,” she added.
U Hla Maung Than and Maung Che were understood to be in the 539th battalion office, but she did not seethem there.
Maung Che’s wife also stated that if he was arrested, the family should be informed about hiswhereabouts. She urged the authorities torelease him at the earliest and her husband was not committing any crime.
The military council continues arresting civilians every day from different parts of Rakhine State. Someof them are yet to be released andthey are not allowed to contact family members.

At the same time,they are also not produced in the court. Sothe concerned families are passingdifficult times as many people were tortured during army interrogations and some were punished under various laws.