23 arrested in Kyaukphyu, including women

Narinjara News, September 9, 2025

Twenty-three people, including women, were arrested from two boats in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, by a military vessel of the junta.

A source told Narinjara, "The brokers sent them to the rural areas. The brokers were not on the boats. There were two boats carrying a total of 23 people, both women and men, who were young. They were arrested by the navy patrolling the mouth of the Kyaukphyu River."

Locals reported that each individual had to pay more than 500,000 kyats to the brokers, who share the money with junta authorities, to return to their homes from Kyaukphyu town.

A resident reported that the arrests occurred on the night of September 7 by the navy patrolling the mouth of the Kyaukphyu River and that the detainees have since been taken to the Kyaukphyu police station.