Strong winds hit Arakan State (Rakhine) and Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, damaging shelters and houses and causing at least one victim in Arakan.
Meanwhile the military ministry of health, announced requirements for foreign travellers who enter Myanmar. Similarly to Thailand, those who are vaccinated will be “free” to travel after a negative swab test upon arrival. Travellers should also show a negative Covid test taken not more than 72 hours prior arrival, and purchase the Inbound Travel Accident Insurance Policy with COVID-19 coverage from military-owned company Myanma Insurance. The e-visa service is still unavailable though, and only business travellers seem to be able to apply.
POLITICS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS
• Myanmar’s military regime has issued an “emergency alert” to all of its units across the country that defectors say means the junta is preparing for resistance attacks. Former army captain Lin Htet Aung, who has defected to the resistance, told The Irrawaddy that the regime’s alert was made by phone to all units on Tuesday. (Source: The Irrawaddy)
• More than 20,000 people who fled their homes in territory held by Karen National Union (KNU) rebels are in urgent need of food and other aid, a rights group has said, as fighting that has raged in the area for months becomes even more intense. (Source: Myanmar Now)
• Popular comedian Kuang Kyaw was arrested on Tuesday night by junta soldiers at his house in Yangon’s Thaketa Township. (Source: The Irrawaddy)
• Bangladesh officials on Tuesday announced an extension until 2024 for a road-building project in the remote Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar, saying the improved infrastructure would help combat illegal smuggling across the nearby frontiers with Myanmar and India, among other uses. (Source: RFA)
• “There is no other choice than to trust the Myanmar military when they say they will respect the results of a national election, that they have never lied to the people of Myanmar nor the international community,” Hideo Watanabe said in the latest edition of Myanmar Focus. (Source: Tappei Kasai, Human Rights Watch).
CHIN STATE
• Matupi: clashes between Resistance fighters and regime soldiers
SAGAING
• Depayin: regime troops burned Nyaung Hla village for the second time
• Depayin: in Mae-Oo village, regime soldiers reportedly shot dead two elders during a raid. Several houses have been burned
SHAN STATE
• Moebye: clashes between Karenni Resistance forces and regime troops have been reported, with injuries among civilians
KARENNI (KAYAH) STATE
• Loikaw: arson attack by regime troops near Loikaw
KAREN (KAYIN) STATE
• According to the Karen National Union (KNU), over 1,200 regime soldiers have been killed so far in 2022
MANDALAY
• Myingyan: Resistance fighters attacked regime troops
MAGWAY
• Pauk: regime troops burned dozens of houses in Puti village
ARAKAN (RAKHINE) STATE
• Shelters in Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Minbya townships, have been damaged by a storm. One victim has been reported: U Maung Mya Thein, a 55-year-old resident of Utkyut village
YANGON
• Explosion reported near the Air Force Staff Housing and the Shwepyithar Social Welfare Office
TANINTHARYI
• Dawei: fighting between Resistance fighters and regime troops on the Myeik-Dawei road in Thayet Chaung Township
BANGLADESH
• Cox’s Bazar: strong winds damaged several shelters in Rohingya refugee camps
COVID DAILY (as reported by the military-controlled Ministry of Health. Real figures are believed to be higher than officially reported)
• 19 new cases and 0 new deaths
AAPP Burma daily update (arrests and killings connected to the attempted military coup only, does not include events related to armed conflict). Since February 1st:
• 1,779 killed (+6)
• 13,315 total arrests (+12)
• 1,977 evading warrant (+1)
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