On Thursday, Burma’s Ambassador to Bangladesh MyoMyint Than called on the office ofPrime Minister Sheikh Hasinato inform her of the latest situation in Arakan state.
According to community residents, the local Mawrawaddy Navy unit and Land Record Department seized about 8,000 acres of farmland and plantation plots in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Division.
An effort to read a message from President Thein Sein on the conflict in Rakhine State to a joint session of the Burmese Parliament was cancelled on Thursday, after objections from members of the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party [RNDP].
Burma News International is an unique network of eleven independent media organizations: Mizzima News, Shan Herald Agency for News, Phop Htaw News Agency, Khonumthung News Group, Narinjara News, Kaladan Press Network, Independent Mon News Agency, Network Media Group, Kantarawaddy Times, Karen Information Center and Kachin News Group.