Full moon day at Arakan Army's Headquarter

On 27.10.2018, Arakan Army posted a video on its facebook page that showed how its

members celebrated Arakanese religious festival of wagyut at Headquarter of Arakan Army.

Wagyut festival is full moon day. On this day ,Lord Buddha descended from a celestial abode

to our planet after he preached his deceased mother Ultimate True three months. Lord Buddha’s

mother reborn in celestial abode before he became the enlightenment one as Lord Buddha.

On this full moon day, people across the lost Arakan to Myanmar also celebrated  wagyut festival

by fasting at monasteries, donating dry ration to monks and nuns and paying respects to elders . At night, they set off hot air balloons into sky and illuminated oil lamps at home, temples and pagodas.

At Arakan Army’s Headquarter, fighters and members held competitions of individual capability,

traditional sports and musical concert on this full moon day. Allis of Arakan Army   - KIA, MNDAA,

and TNLA -  joined  to participate this event.

AA, TNLA and MNDAA will meet Myanmar Army’s officers in China in first week of next month to talk

cease-fire process. But, it is most likely to be superficially talk because Myanmar Army has to do it

while international community pressurizes  Myanmar Army  on human right violation inside of ethnic

regions.

Buddha statues are being vandalized in Arakan

In ancient city of Mrauk Oo ,the lost Arakan to Myanmar , there was Buddhist

temple named Lemyethna. This temple was built by Arakan(Rakhine)King

Min Saw Mon after he founded Mrauk Oo in AD 1430.

On 18.10.2018, an act of vandalism to Buddha statues of Lemyethna temple,

committed by a Myanmar Army Officers –backed anti-social group, surprised and

pained all Arakanese people.

According to local youths, vandals held meeting in early evening near the temple.

Demand made for immediate release of three Arakanese youths under arrest without evidence

http://narinjara.com/demand-made-for-immediate-release-of-three-arakanese-youths-under-arrest-without-evidence/Narinjara News: October 15, 2018

By  Soe Zan Aung (Toungup)

A press conference was held in Sittwe, Rakhine State,western Myanmar on October 12 to demand the immediate release of three Arakanese (Rakhine) youths, who have been arrested without evidence regarding the murder of a military corporal from the Military Security Affairs Unit.

U Tun Aung Kyaw, general secretary of the Arakan National Party (ANP) and a high grade pleader, told Narinjara News that they are making the demand as the three youths have been remanded in custody after being charged with murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code even though they were arrested without evidence.

“Their friends revealed at the press conference that the detained – Khine Bo Bo, Aung Zaw Linn, and May Yu Tun – were with their friends on the day of the murder on September 25-26 so they have been arrested without evidence. We want to demand their immediate release,” said U Tun Aung Kyaw.

Myanmar deserves EU’s embargo and sanction

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On Friday, European Union warned Myanmar that Myanmar can lose trade

privileges over the violation of human rights as international community criticized

over the Bengali speaking Rohingya crisis , which is being grown.

By the time international community criticizes over that crisis, European Union appears

to impose its embargo and sanction on Myanmar. Whether Myanmar should be imposed sanction or not, EU will send its fact-finding mission to Myanmar very soon.

It is the most likely to be that EU will be withdrawing its trade agreement, known as “everything but arms” (EBA). The EBA deal allows Myanmar duty-free and tariff-free access to European Market for all type of products except arms and ammunitions.

In Myanmar, not only Bengali speaking Rohingya but also minority non-Burma such as Rakhine

(Arakan), Chan and Kachin are being persecuted by Myanmar Army and government of ruling

party( National League for Democracy) .

Nowadays, Number of political prisoners is increasing in across the Myanmar’s prisons again.

It is similar to period of military rule (1988-2010). Just only in Arakan (Rakhine State), There are over (20) political prisoners in the jails and police custody. Among them, Dr. Aye Maung( Chairman of Rakhine National Party), author Wai Hun Aung and Mrauk Oo movement youths are well-known.

In region of majority Burma, there are also people who are being arrested by government of

Myanmar. The reason why they are arrested is that they criticize drawbacks of government of Myanmar by speaking and writing on social media. Number of people are unnecessarily arrested and thrown into prisons by Myanmar government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

This is violation of human rights definitely and absolutely therefore Myanmar deserves EU’s

embargo and sanction.

Cooperation needed to ensure successful repatriation: minister

https://www.mmtimes.com/news/cooperation-needed-ensure-successful-repatriation-minister.html             NYAN LYNN AUNG 04 OCT 2018                                 

Bangladesh and Myanmar need to fully cooperate to ensure the successful repatriation of over 700,000 refugees from northern Rakhine State now living in cramped camps in Bangladesh, a senior government minister has said. U Win Myat Aye, minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement , said the repatriation must follow the guidelines of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries in November last year. It stipulates that only refugees verified by the Myanmar government will be allowed to return to northern Rakhine.