Thinzar Nwe, Narinjara News, 16 May 2024

Four policemen from Thandwe police station in Rakhine State have fled withweapons. A woman from Thandwe informed Narinjara News that they deserted thepolice station on 13 May.

"They are Bamar people and their families did notaccompany them. Moreover, they are not residents of Thandwe," she added.

The concerned policemen were relocated from Myebontownship and they took away some weapons with them.

"During the conflict, some police officers wererelocated from Myebon. Some police personnel from Taungup, Pauktaw and othernorthern places also were transferred to Thandwe. The absconding policemen mayhave entered in the liberated areas," asserted the lady.

The military junta has reinforced Thandwe with the police officers and soldiers, who fled the conflict and they are nowpreparing to resist the Arakha Army (AA) fighters. They are looking for thefleeing policemen.

In Manaung, some administrators and policemen fledafter the junta forces implemented the conscription law. In Taungup too, astation commander and a senior constable fled from the local police stationfearing the gun fighting.

Due to the heightened conflicts in southern Rakhine,there has been a surge in the number of administrators, policemen and soldiersunder the military junta who are fleeing their bases. Some of them have evensought refuge from the AA.