23 June
Security forces arrested eight villagers in Mrau-kU on suspicion of being members of the Arakan Army-AA on 20 June.
The security forces conducting proper securi-ty operation near Waitharli Village in MraukU Town-ship found the suspects — one from Makyarse Village, four from Pauk-tawpyin Village, one from Buywatnyo Village, one from Oakphokan Villager and one from Donthein Village — and detained them for necessary inter-rogation.
Acting on a tip-off, the security forces and lo-cal authorities searched Thinkyittaung Monastery east of Pauktawpyin Vil-lage on 21 June and dis-covered homemade guns, ammunition, improvised explosive devices and accessories, uniforms, military materials, WFP brand aids and other food, and medicines, according to the Office of the Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services. —MNA
(Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin)
