CNI News
28 December 2024

If the Arakan Army (AA) had captured the whole Rakhine State, Muslim armed groups including the ARSA might seek refuge in Bangladesh, U Than Soe Naing, a political commentator, told CNI News.

The main enemy of Muslim armed groups was not the Myanmar Tatmadaw, but the AA, said a Muslim troop, which was stated in a news article published by Reuters in November.

" These groups are fighting against the AA because the military council instigated them. They have been organizations that have been on the sidelines since the beginning. So, if the AA has already captured the whole Rakhine State, they would have sought refuge in Bangladesh. They can't exist strongly." said U Than Soe Naing.

While seeing the ARSA

Muslim armed groups including the ARSA emerged gradually in the battles that resumed since 13th November 2023 between the AA and the Myanmar Tatmadaw. It had to be clearing Muslim armed groups, the ARSA, ARA the RSO which were being active around Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships, announced the AA in October 2024.

The RSO, the ARSA and the ARA have set foot strongly in the May Yu mountain ranges and they were committing arrests, killings, abduction for ransom and extortion, reported the AA.

These groups could emerge or disappear at any time and the organization behind the scene was the main, chairman of the PNLO-NCA/S, Col. Khun Okkar told CNI News.

While seeing former Bangladeshi PM Sheik Hasina

" These armed groups can appear or disappear at any time. In fact, the organizations behind the scene are the main. When the Myanmar Tatmadaw is weak, the SA.C takes out and uses the groups that it can use. When I went underground to become a rebel in 1972, the Myanmar Tatmadaw contained mostly Chin and Rakhine people as well as Bamar people in the upcountry. The basic solid backbones were Chin and Rakhine people. But now that they are fighting against the Myanmar Tatmadaw, the efficiency of the Myanmar Tatmadaw has declined. When the Chin and Rakhine which have had military capability since before fight patriotically, more effective, I think. But military isn't an answer. So, finding an answer through political means will arrive at last." he said.

Muslim armed groups which were fighting against the AA had recruited by the thousand from the refugee camps in Bangladesh, stated Reuters.

A powerful white country was making an attempt to build a new country, detaching some territories from both Bangladesh and Myanmar, said former Bangladeshi PM Sheik Hasina on 28th May 2024.