Maungdaw district deputy law officer U Hla Myint was recently summoned by the military council to examineif he was involved with the Arakan Army(AA) anyways.

A person close to the Maungdaw law office informed  Narinjara News that Hla Myint was accordingly examinedby the junta authority. He was broughtto the Nakaka (5) based border police station on 19 July and later was released next day.

“On Wednesday, he was summoned to the border police station where the military operation commander functions.He was released yesterday,” he stated,adding that Hla Myint is about 50 years old and a respected Rakhine national.

Locals allege that the military council has unnecessarily targeted a responsible employee on suspicion ofbeing linked to the AA, while bothsides have been maintaining  a ceasefire since 26 November 2022.

“Now even the government employees are worried after the incident. Everyone can be arrested anytime if thejunta authority suspects, this isthe situation here,” they asserted.

But it’s not the first time in Maungdaw where a government official is summoned by the junta authority forquestioning.

On 16 October 2022, U Chit Htoo Khaing, chairman of Karuna network social association, along with its treasurer U Hla Thein and two otherpersons (U Tun Lin Kyaw, the owner of KNN water purifier and U Maung Byu, a resident of Maungdaw)faced a case under section 17(1)/(2)of the unlawful association act at Maungdaw city police station.

Hla Thein and Tun Lin Kyaw  were arrested in the middle of October last year, but the others (Chit HtooKhaing  and Maung Byu) remain absconding.