Two linked incidents in Maungdaw reveal the drug-mafia terrorist Arakan Army’s (AA) escalating coercive doctrine against Rohingya civilians — a system built on intimidation, forced disappearance, torture-style detention, and targeted assaults designed to break community cohesion.

1. Coordinated Rohingya Detention in Kyauk Chaung (Shilkhali)

On 30 November, around 30 armed AA terrorists stormed Kyauk Chaung, forced all Rohingya women into a single house, confiscated mobile phones, and abducted at least 36 men, taking them toward Labyar village and nearby forest zones.
No food, water, or contact has been allowed — mirroring AA’s wider detention pattern across Buthidaung and Maungdaw where captives are held in airless, cramped sites to extract compliance, information, or labor.
AA justified the mass detention with a familiar pretext: accusing villagers of “supporting another group,” a tactic repeatedly used to impose collective punishment on Rohingya Muslims.

The operation — segregation, communication blackout, forced movement into remote terrain — matches AA’s counter-population tactics previously seen in forced-labor campaigns across Thayet Pyin, Sin Ei Pyin, Kyauk Phru Taung, and Let Weh.

2. Targeted Assault on a Disabled Rohingya Man in Maungdaw Town

On 25 November, ULA-AA intelligence enforcer Arman Ullah, originally from Pantaw Pyin, violently attacked 63-year-old disabled Rohingya man U Yahiya Khan near Maungdaw’s clock tower.
Witnesses say the operative — often seen intoxicated while patrolling — punched and kicked the elderly man publicly, while no one intervened out of fear.
The victim, displaced from Bagon Nar after the village was destroyed, now lives in Kanyintan Ward. Residents report the attacker occupies a two-story house without authorization and operates with unchecked authority — typical behavior of AA intelligence assets embedded inside Rohingya zones.

A Doctrine of Control, Not Governance

Both incidents reflect the same operational logic:

Detain and disappear Rohingya men

Assault and terrorize civilians in public

Shut down communication channels

Break community structures

Enforce absolute compliance through fear

This is not administration — it is a narco-militia imposing rule through coercion and terror.
Under the terrorist Arakan Army, no civilian protection, no voluntary return, and no stability are possible in Maungdaw or Buthidaung.

AA’s message to Rohingya is unmistakable:
Submit, stay silent, or suffer.