A local group says Arakan Army soldiers beat civilians in Paletwa, Chin State when they attempted to stop one soldier from raping an ethnic Khumi woman.

The Ta’ang Women’s Organization says villagers are increasingly being targeted as violence increases between Myanmar’s military and rebel armies in northern Shan State. 

Western Myanmar’s Chin State will become much easier to access in 2020 as officials say the Surbung Airport will open in June after five years of construction.