Waste parts of a spacecraft launched by Beijing fell into the water of Rakhine Sea on Monday.

It’s not the first time that waste material from the Chinese spacecraft has fallen into the seaadjacent to Rakhine State of Myanmar.

According to a Rakhine State government source, the material fell into the sea near  Gwa township, themost southern part of Rakhine which is closeto Irrawaddy division.

Those  parts fell into the sea 66 kilometer west of Gwa and 104 kmn south of Man Aungisland  at about 12:30 am on 21 August.

A Gwa resident claimed that due to the development many marine animals may face different challenges.

"I want to see it as an invasion of a foreign country over our territory. Rakhine sea is not theirproperty. China government in Beijingand the Burmese government should reveal all relevant information to the Rakhine people,” he added.

Ko Myo Lwin, an environmental activist hailing from Ann township informed that the military council didnot notify about it to the localsin advance. Now the people dependent on the aquatic livelihood
will face problems.

"When such materials fall into the sea, it becomes dangerous for the fishermen. There may be  ships andboats sailing over the location. Moreover,it’s still difficult to imagine how the incident would
effect on  aquatic animals. We need to carefully research with the help of experts,”  he asserted.

Often the waste material contains toxic chemicals and radioactive elements which may cause damages tocoral reefs in the sea. Thus it becomesa concern for the whole ecosystem. RakhineState military council has however claimed that there was no harmful material dropped from theChinese spacecraft.

Earlier, waste materials from the Chinese spacecrafts fell into Rakhine sea on 26  February, 2March, 7 and 13 April last year. Similarlyon  2021, two days (6 and 12  December) recorded the fall of
waste parts from a Chinese spacecraft into Rakhine sea.