A rural car workshop owner in Ah Ngu Maw village under Rathidaung township of Arakan was arrested by the security forces following a mine-explosion on a navy ferry ship that took place in the nearby jetty of his village.

U Owe Pauk, around 50 years old workshop owner, was picked up by the army personnel on 23 September suspecting his role in the explosion as it took place when a column of the forces passed through the village.

“I heard that one landmine was recovered from his residential campus and hence he was arrested. But I do not know how the landmine was found there,” said U Khin Maung Latt, a lawmaker in the upper house of Parliament (Amyothar Luttaw) from Rathidaung township.

Soon after his arrest, U Owe Pauk was sent to the Arakanese capital city of Sittwe for further interrogations.

Local villagers claimed that he is an active social worker and U Owe Pauk was never involved with any anti-social activities.

Mentionable is that a mine was exploded near Asia world company jetty at the mouth of Mayu river on 22 September as the navy ferry ship along with troops were stationed there.

After the explosion, the army personnel started retaliating with over 300 bullets pumped to nearby locations. A villager was recently hit by the bullets when he was working at his watermelon garden during the clashes.