Junta troops rounded up about 200 residents of Sittwe in a sweep on Saturday and are forcing them to raise ransoms from relatives to gain release, residents of the Rakhine State capital say.
Thaksin, the patriarch of the Pheu Thai party, which leads the coalition government, is accused of lese-majeste over an interview he gave to South Korean media in 2015.
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Junta troops rounded up about 200 residents of Sittwe in a sweep on Saturday and are forcing them to raise ransoms from relatives to gain release, residents of the Rakhine State capital say.
Six civilians have been killed by airstrikes in three days in Taungup Township as the Arakan Army continues to move south in Rakhine State.
Bangladesh's navy has deployed warships around St Martin's Island as gunshots from Myanmar's junta and the Arakan Army land near Bangladeshi ships.
Dozens injured at junta's notorious Daik-U jail in Bago Region after protesting inmates suffer vicious beating and threats of rape. 
Conflict between junta troops and KIA in Kachin State has cut trade lifeline to one of the country's poorest districts.
Locals say the junta is flying in more troops and supplies, while ethnic armies are taking up positions near key towns.
The media's increasing obsession with 'national disintegration' is playing into the junta's hands and threatening progress toward peaceful federalism.
Thaksin, the patriarch of the Pheu Thai party, which leads the coalition government, is accused of lese-majeste over an interview he gave to South Korean media in 2015.
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