Myanmar recently also discovered a Chinese consignment allegedly for the Arakan Army which consisted of 500 assault rifles, 30 machine guns and 70,000 rounds of ammunition which doesn’t bode well for the stability of Myanmar, Licas News reported, “An object lesson in diplo-terrorism is the leverage over Myanmar and India that China gained by arming the Arakan Army, operating in the corridor from North-East India over Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine states to the Indian Ocean.”. It is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA). In fact, the party has held the seat continuously for the past 10 years, after winning in both 2010 and 2015. Singapore’s 10 July 2019 announcement of the arrests of AA supporters raises questions about the outfit and its support among Rakhine Buddhists in … On September 24, Pindaya township’s Sangha Nayaka committee, a body overseeing monastic affairs, issued a directive instructing monks to refrain from any involvement in party politics during the campaign period. The AA has been engaged in bitter fighting with the Tatmadaw in Rakhine since late last year. The Arakan Army (AA) is a relatively new addition to conflict in western Myanmar, a region that has seen much unrest in recent years. Earlier this month, he was moved to Insein prison in Yangon to face immigration charges. The NLD won all but one of the seven seats contested in the Danu SAZ. On December 9, representatives of the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) met in person to discuss the possibility of a bilateral ceasefire. Htein Lin responded that teaching Japanese is not a way to persuade anyone to convert to Christianity. Videos obtained by Myanmar Now show the monk telling villagers that if Arkar Lin’s rival wins the election, it would give rise to “wrong view” in religion and lead to delusion. A military source with experience in South-East Asia confirmed that China is providing approximately 95 per cent of Arakan Army funding. “She only had a non-combatant role and only briefly,” he added. The police’s allegations were designed to tarnish the AA’s reputation among members of the international community, he said. Arakan Army demands polls within 31 December, Tatmadaw welcomes the move. People die every day because of this! Published on Nov. 13, 2020, 11:14 a.m. An AA statement issued on 12 November urged the NLD government in Naypyidaw and the Burmese military to hold by-elections in all postponed constituencies by 31 December. The Arakan Army (Burmese: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်; abbreviated AA) is a Rakhine armed group in Myanmar (Burma), founded on 10 April 2009. Rakhine Tatmataw 104,510 views. News reports published in Myanmar recently have accused China of supplying sophisticated arms to Arakan Army armed group, a declared terrorist organisation in Myanmar, and other armed groups in Myanmar to have an upper hand over India and Myanmar.. Pabedan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The AA was created by the Kachin Independence Army at its headquarters at Laiza, on the Myanmar-China border, and its development has been fostered by the KIA and more recently the United Wa State Army. Hein Wai Yan, Myat Bhone Mo, and Aung Lin were all found guilty of violating the law, which is subject to a penalty of up to two years in prison, a fine, or both. It is important to note that the Sittwe seaport is located in the Rakhine province where the Arakan Army has a stronghold. He was later sentenced to two years in prison for absconding before completing a nine-year sentence he had received in 1998. The company was later accused of helping to launder drug money for the United Wa State Army. Police say she has been a recruiter and fundraiser for the group ever since, but the AA says she stopped working for them after a year. Htein Lin, whose wife is Christian, said the monk warned against voting for him because it would lead to the disappearance of Buddhism. ARAKAN NATIONALITY SONG 2015 - Duration: 3:23. The latter has been described as recently as 2015 as a “narco-army” that obtains weapons, including heavy artillery, surface-to-air missiles, and armored vehicles, from China . Your email address will not be published. News reports published in Myanmar recently have accused China of supplying sophisticated arms to Arakan Army armed group, a declared terrorist organisation in Myanmar, and other armed groups in Myanmar to have an upper hand over India and Myanmar. Naypyitaw, July 2: China is supplying funds and sophisticated weaponry to armed groups in Myanmar and the Naypyitaw-designated terrorist group, the Arakan Army, to have leverage over Myanmar and India, Licas News reported. 23bn kyat in assets, including 16bn kyat transferred from China. Hayman Pyae is Reporter with Myanmar Now. When we get the response, we’ll open a case,” said the township’s eastern police chief, Win Bo Oo. China is supplying funds and sophisticated weaponry to … A stupid Ad and a dumb explanation: What Tanishq lost in last 48 hours? The insurgents and the military recently called a temporary ceasefire and entered a preliminary dialogue. Earlier this month, two Taiwanese citizens and a Myanmar national were caught with 74 kilograms of crystal meth in Yangon’s South Okkalapa township. Though French fighter jets and submarines are not, China came as an investor in Nepal and soon became the Master. Also known as Khine Khine San or San Chay, she has shipped drugs via the Sittwe-Yangon bus route five times before, police claim. Khin Moh Moh Lwin is Reporter with Myanmar Now. Just like the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, under the Belt and Road Initiative, China is also building the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor which will open into the Bay of Bengal. A military source with experience in South-East Asia confirmed that China is providing approximately 95 per cent of Arakan Army funding. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Khine Thuka, an AA spokesperson, told Myanmar Now that Khine Khine never sold drugs to finance the group and no longer works with them: “She served in our group only for about one year and left us in 2015.”. Your email address will not be published. Now that he is in Insein prison, Kyaw Myint can also be charged under the Immigration Act in Hlaing Tharyar township, where he used to reside. But Ajit Doval had warned about it years ago, Every French product is now Haram in Pakistan. USDP Officials Arrange ‘Rent-A-Crowds’ For Pro-Wirathu Protests, Nationalists charged over ‘race and religion’ sticker campaign. News reports published in Myanmar recently have accused China of supplying sophisticated arms to Arakan Army armed group, a declared terrorist organisation in Myanmar, and other armed groups in Myanmar to have an upper hand over India and Myanmar.. It is believed that the project will enhance cross border trade between India and Myanmar and will also provide an alternate outlet to the landlocked North Eastern states which are heavily dependent on the narrow ‘Chicken’s Neck’ at Siliguri. No country has “good relations” with China, either you are China’s subject meant to be colonised like Pakistan and Nepal or you are its adversary like India and Australia as China the bully couldn’t have its way with you. Officers found a total of 2.6 million tablets, worth over eight billion kyat ($5.25m) in the baggage holds of two highway buses that serve the route between Yangon and Sittwe. President Win Myint has sought to show he is tackling the trade, with officials ramping up announcements about drug seizures since he came to power last year. Indian tanks can destroy them in minutes, ‘India is dethroning us,’ China is rattled with fear as India takes away its crown as the leader of the developing world, The world may be finding out about Chinese infiltration today. Since November 2018, fighting in northern Rakhine State and neighboring Paletwa Township in Chin State has displaced over 236,000 people. Three supporters of a gunman who killed National League for Democracy (NLD) legal advisor Ko Ni in January 2017 have each been sentenced to a year in prison with hard labour. Htein Lin said he won 12 of the 13 wards in the town of Pindaya, but lost the election because of the results in seven surrounding villages. These photos, taken in 2014, depict the life of Arakanese soldiers at the military training school. Western intelligence agencies say China provides up to 95 per cent of Arakan Army’s funding. Further charges could also be laid under the Political Parties Registration Law, he added. Then he hung up. A military source with experience in South-East Asia confirmed that China is providing approximately 95 per cent of Arakan Army funding. Ethnic armed groups fighting for more autonomy in Myanmar’s border areas have long been accused of involvement in the country’s lucrative narcotics industry. Khine Khine, 32, was caught on Sunday with 6,700 yaba pills when police raided her apartment in Yangon’s Dagon Seikkan township. This funding will also provide life-saving assistance to internally displaced persons, including Rohingya, and members of other affected communities in Burma, including those affected by the fighting between the Burmese military and the Arakan Army. Today it is making one missile after another. Arakan Army in the past has tried to gain a safe sanctuary on Indian territory albeit unsuccessfully. “I lost mainly in the villages where the monk preached. The former UDP chair was sentenced on November 12 by the Chan Aye Tharzan court in Mandalay for absconding from prison 21 years ago. He added that the rival’s wife was a Christian who had opened a school to convert students to her religion. China under the rule of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party is increasingly becoming a rogue state which will put even Hitler’s Nazi Germany to shame. China is supplying funds and sophisticated weaponry to … A national-level investigative body looking into Kyaw Myint’s finances initially found that that he was in possession of. Although the UDP planned to contest in the 2020 election with over 1,000 candidates, the party was dissolved after the arrest of its chair. TAGS: #China #India #Myanmar #World News. But the military’s attention is no longer focused narrowly on the ethnic states. China supplying weapons to Arakan Army armed group to weaken India, Myanmar: Report. Aung Nyein Chan is Senior Reporter with Myanmar Now. According to military sources in Myanmar, approximately 95 per cent of Arakan Army funding comes from China. Khine Khine, 32, was caught on Sunday with 6,700 yabapills when police … Police say woman arrested Sunday was trading millions of yaba pills to fund rebels fighting Tatmadaw in Rakhine State. Kyaw Myint, who is also known as Michael Kyaw Myint Hua Hu, was originally imprisoned for violating business laws in relation to the Myanmar Kyone Yeom Company, which he owned. Established on April 10, 2009 Arakan Army led by Arakan’s younger generations, has become one of the most credibility army forces in Burma fighting for self-determination, national equality, justice and freedom. Share on email. Arkar Lin denied the accusation that the monk was campaigning on his behalf. The Arakan Army, which says it is fighting for self-determination for the majority Buddhist Rakhine people, is a recent arrival on Myanmar’s complex ethnic stage. While he didn’t explicitly mention China but the reference to “strong forces” clearly points fingers at China. “These terrorist acts of the United League of Arakan (ULA)/Arakan Army (AA) have caused serious losses of public security, lives and property, important infrastructure of the public and private sector, state-owned buildings, vehicles, equipment and materials,” the order said. According to NLD supporters in Pindaya, the video of Sayadaw U Pyanna Tharra’s sermon was first posted on Facebook by two university students from the village of Sharbya. The three supporters of gunman Kyi Lin spent nearly three years in hiding before turning themselves in earlier this month. In sermons to local villagers that were captured on video, the monk said that the wife of one of the candidates had opened a school to convert students on the pretext of teaching them language. Well, turns out no such departments exists, Taiwanese iPhone maker Wistron may leave India altogether after the grand loot in their facility. China is building a deep seaport and a special economic zone in the province. Khine Khine, who is ethnically Rakhine, was recruited by the AA while working without official documentation in Thailand in 2015. A military source with experience in South-East Asia confirmed to Licas News that China is providing approximately 95 per cent of Arakan Army funding adding that the Arakan Army has approximately 50 of the MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defense Systems) surface-to-air missiles. China has a longstanding relationship with Rakhine based terrorist organisation, Arakan Army and according to reports, China has now intensified its funding and delivery of arms to the Arakan Army with the explicit intention to harm Indian projects in Myanmar and continue to gain leverage over the latter. 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