YANGON: Myanmar has reimposed an Internet shutdown in two conflict-torn western states, after partially lifting the blackout five months ago, a leading telecoms operator said.
Norwegian mobile operator Telenor Group said on Monday that the transport and communications ministry had ordered for mobile Internet traffic to be stopped again in five townships in Rakhine and Chin states for three months.
Officials cited “security requirements and public interest” for the reinstatement, Telenor said, adding that four other townships remain under a blackout first imposed in June last year.“We don’t know and we haven’t heard about it,” he said yesterday. “Some villagers have to flee from their villages when the fighting happens,” said Khin Saw Wai, a member of the national parliament for Rathedaung.Another lawmaker, Maung Kyaw Zan of Buthidaung township, said the shutdown was “not good for Rakhine” given ongoing clashes.
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