Kya Kyet Pet Kan Pyin Residents Will Be Allowed to Return to Burned Village

Arakan Now | 13 September 2025

The Arakan Army (AA) has informed residents of Kya Kyet Pet Kan Pyin / Tat Yar Ywar (Zawbbor Fara) in Buthidaung Township that they will be allowed to return to their original homes, which were completely burned down by the AA in May 2024.

A resident told Arakan Now: “We have been requesting for months to be allowed to return to our original homes. Finally, they accepted our plea, and we are happy. We hope they will also allow other residents, who are still not permitted to return, to go back as well.”

Following several meetings with Rohingya community representatives in Nyaung Chaung, the AA has begun planning the resettlement of Kya Kyet Pet Kan Pyin, whose residents were forced to flee during the fighting for control of Buthidaung town.

On 12 October 2025, the AA called on the people of Kya Kyet Pet Kan Pyin to clean their village, and some displaced residents have returned to begin the cleanup work.