Junta forces conduct night raid in Sittwe, arrest 150 including women
The juntaforces raided several houses at Min Gan ward of Sittwe town in Arakan Stateunder the pretext of inspecting the housing census and overnight guest lists.They also arrested nearly 150 people including women.
On 15 June,the junta soldiers and armed Muslims arrived with 10 vehicles and entered MinGan block 5. They checked every house and arrested many individuals includingwomen and young people as well as disabled persons.
Sittwe town is still under the control of the military juntaand they are frequently arresting and torturing the civilians.
"Sincethe Byine Phyu village incident, we are concerned about our safety as the juntasoldiers raped women and killed people there. They may do the same here,” saida local resident.
A relativeof an arrested individual informed Narinjara News that the junta forcesdemanded a ransom of Kyats 700,000 for arranging contacts with the familymembers.
From thebeginning of November 2023, the junta forces arrested many local residents of Sittwe town and rural areas and later they demanded money for theirrelease.
On 9 June, six youths from Kyet TawPyin and Aung Taing villages under Sittwe township were arrested by thejunta forces. Since then the families have had no contact with them.
Between 29and 31 May, the junta forces killed 76 individuals in Byine Phyu village andcaptured nearly 100 individuals who were later taken to the 20th infantrybattalion.
Due to the junta’s arbitrary arrestsand killings, the civilians are worried about their safety. Many of them nowexpect the AA fighters to occupy Sittwe town so that they can get ridof military atrocities.
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