The juntaauthoritieshave arrested25 local residentsincluding amonk from theRakhine capital city of Sittwe after raiding multiple buildings, IDP camps and a monastery on the night of 21 November.

Thus the number of arrestees in Rakhine Statehas increased to 50 and they are still in the custody of junta forces.

Among thosearrested include a monk from Tezarama (Sarataw) monastery, 19 refugees from camps, two residents ofPadamya monastery and three individuals from Wra Thayar area.

Some of them are over 50years old, claimeda local resident, adding that the junta soldiers andpolicemen came with three military vehicles during night hours.

The security forces fired several gunshots during theraid in Set Yon Suu ward.

Three residents fled from the place. Later amonk was summoned to the police station for interrogating over three residents.

A local woman informed that they could hear the loud sound of machine guns firing on Monday night.

Currently, over thirty Sittwe residents have been detained andinterrogated at the Military Security Forces Office in the army compound.

In Sittwe, a father and his son were arrested from Kandawgyi ward on 17 November. They were suspected tobe involved in recording visuals when the junta soldiers patrolled the area.

On 15 November, the soldiers abductedten local residentsfromMingang and Kandaw Gyi wards in Sittwe and took away themwith fourmilitary vehicles.