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Condemnation Letter

United League of Arakan (ULA)/Arakan Army (AA) 29 February 2016 Condemnation Letter We solemnly condemn the groundless accusations made by the Thein Sein's government and the Burmese Army's own media and newspapers published in the 29th of February 2016 in which it is said that people who were arrested in connection with the Arakan Army (AA) were involving in the narcotic drugs trafficking. We will never involve in producing or distributing narcotic drugs which has detrimental impact upon mankind. Nor do we encourage such activities at any rate. We believe that the accusation made by the Thein Sein’s government is only a trumped-up story and a political onslaught against the United League of Arakan (ULA)/ Arakan Army (AA) in order to lose our dignity in the international communities as the Arakan Army achieved the full support of the people. It is just a childish and undignified manner of the so-called government arresting people in connection with the AA and forcin

At Mrauk U, Living Heritage and Crumbling Splendor in Need of Conservation

By THIN LEI WIN / MYANMAR NOW| Friday, February 26, 2016 | MRAUK U, ARAKAN STATE — The archeological museum chronicling the ancient Arakan kingdom of Mrauk U, one of Burma’s most important cultural sites, is housed in an unassuming, one-story building with a worn-out sign that has letters missing. Located on the old palace grounds, it has one main room and three side rooms where you can find intricate stone carvings, exquisite bronze Buddhas and beautiful glazed tiles. Some of the art on display dates back to the 8th century, while much stems from 15th and 16th centuries, when the Arakan Kingdom of Mrauk U, located in the north of present-day Arakan State, was at its zenith. Low-ceilinged, badly lit, devoid of visitors and with the treasures displayed in a seemingly random manner, the state of the museum reflects the state of this ancient city—full of forgotten, magnificent ruins in urgent need of concerted conservation efforts. I actually didn’t come to the town of Mrauk U o

The Rakkhanga -Sannas - Curnikava and the Date of the Arrival of Arakanese Monks in Ceylon

The Rakkhanga-sannas-curnikava is a short document of eight palm leaves now deposited in the Library of the British Museum, London. On the evidence of the Sinhalese script employed in it, the document can be assigned to the eighteenth century. The script is, however, more developed than that used in the letter sent by King Naredrasimha to the Dutch Political Council in 1726. The first four leaves of the manuscript are devoted to a long list of pompous epithets intended to glorify the King of Kandy at the time the curnikava was indited. Of the other four leaves, three leaves and the first page of the last leaf are devoted to a very brief account of the first mission sent by King Vimaladharmsuriya II to Arakan in the yera 1693 for the purpose of examining the possiblities of obtaining the serves of some competent Buddhist monks to re-establish the upasampada in Ceylon. Download pdf

On the History of Arakan by Capt. A. P. Phayre, Senior Assistant Commissioner Arakan

On the History of Arakan by Capt. A. P. Phayre, Senior Assistant Commissioner Arakan The following sketch of the history of Arakan I put forward chiefly in the hope of attracting others to this field of enquiry. A compilation was made at my request from various ancient chronicles, by Nga-mi, one of the most learned among the literati of his country, and I proceed to furnish an epitome of its contents. Many copies of the Radza-weng, (History of Kings,) are to be found among the Arakanese, differing from each other in details, being ample or scanty in the narrative, according to the research or imagination of the authors, bur, all agreeing in the main facts of the national history. On the History of Arakan by Capt. A. P. Phayre, Senior Assistant Commissioner Arakan

More Arrests Reported over Alleged Armed Group Ties in Arakan State

By   MOE MYINT / THE IRRAWADDY |  Thursday, February 4, 2016 | RANGOON — Authorities in Arakan State are continuing to arbitrarily arrest civilians on suspicion of links to the Arakan Army, according to several local sources, with the latest detainee a landowner from Taungup Township who was released on Wednesday evening. Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Thursday, Aung Tin Moe said he was arrested on Monday in Taungup Township’s Ma-Ei town by military personnel who quizzed him over suspected ties to the Arakan Army which has recently been engaged in clashes with government troops. “They asked me what I have been doing since university age to this year,” said Aung Tin Moe, who owns a teak plantation in Ma-Ei town. He said he was detained by army personnel and held in neighboring Ann Township until his release on Wednesday evening. A friend of Aung Tin Moe, citizen journalist Tun Tun Naing, has also claimed he is wanted by authorities in Kyaukphyu Township. “I don’t know exactl