NSS – Nov 14 

The district level General Administration Department issued an order not to go out in Sittwe District, Rakhine State after 9 pm. 

The order was enforced on 13th November evening. The order does not mention date specification for the curfew. 

Therefore, shops, restaurants and stray shops in Sittwe shall be closed by 8:30 pm according to the order.  

Failure to obey the order shall be encountered punishment as per law, the order states.

In fact, Arakan Army and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army resumed armed assaults against police posts in Minbya and Rathedaung on November 12 before dawn. 

Along with the armed clashes, land and water transportations in Rakhine State have been suspended. Therefore, the local ethnics and residents are now facing transportation difficulties and consequently high commodity prices.