Eight more people arrested for Arakan Army involvement

28 May 2015
Eight more people arrested for Arakan Army involvement
Photo: Arakan Army

Eight more people have been arrested in Arakan State  on suspicion of being involved with the Arakan Army (AA) said the police chief of Kyauktaw Township in  Arakan State, according to a report from Narinjara on 26 May.
Those arrested were from Pinlon and Kalar-Chaung villages, near to where fighting broke out between government troops and AA forces. Two neighbourhood administrative officers were among those arrested according to a police spokesman.
The authorities arrested the eight suspects after they found out that they had attended an AA meeting in the area of Kalar-Chaung Village.
The police chief said: “We arrested the people because they were members or supporters of the AA, or involved with the AA. The first 23 people [previously arrested] were put on trial under section 17/1 and section 17/2. If they are found guilty under section 17/1 they will be sentenced to three years in jail, if they are found guilty under Section 17/2 they will be sentenced to five years imprisonment.”
The leaders are being tried under section 17/2 while the less senior people are being tried under Section 17/1.