Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, say monitors

Residents including children fleeing from the Rathedaung Township arrive in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned "clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said. - Reuters

YANGON, June 28 (Reuters): Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned "clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.

But a government spokesman said late on Saturday an evacuation order issued by border-affairs officials had been revoked.