The curfew continued in the villages of Rohingya since 5 months ago

Buthidaung City in Arakan State, western Myanmar (Photo: Social Media)
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Arakan News Agency

Officials from the Rathidaung Public Administration Office in Arakan State of Myanmar said that the curfew under the Article 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is still enforced in some villages in the city.
According to RFA, a curfew was imposed in the towns of Rathidaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw in northern Arakan province after Myanmar forces launched a campaign against Rohingya in the state.
The curfew has been imposed in 11 Rathidaung villages since August 25th, 2017 under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The ban has been lifted in eight of them, but has been extended in the ethnic villages of Vitelik, Shotpin and Thintaung villages near Maungdaw town,

This ban prevents people from leaving from 9 pm to 6 am until the end of February from January 3rd.
According to curfew orders, the curfew has been extended for two months since the unrest broke out in August.
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