ASEAN barred Myanmar junta leaders from its summits in the wake of their February 2021 coup, and the generals have refused to send "non-political representatives" instead.
Most fled the weeks of fighting that culminated in the city's capture last month, and those who remain fear a return to the bloody violence.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) disaster response agency said an estimated 631,000 people had been affected by flooding across Myanmar.
Search and rescue operations were ongoing, it said, adding that the floods had destroyed more than 65,000 houses and five dams.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in 2021, sparking armed uprisings across the country.
The fighting in Rakhine now is part of a wider rebellion against Myanmar's junta, three years after it ousted an elected civilian government in a coup, triggering nationwide protests that have morphed into an armed uprising.
Myo Mynit Oo, 40, was handed a life sentence on May 15, while Aung San Oo, 49, was handed a 20-year jail term on February 16.
The claims were "propaganda... with the aim of disrupting the country's peace and stability," the junta said in a statement, accusing those sharing the news of being "traitors".
Shan State in eastern Myanmar has been rocked by fighting since late June when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) renewed an offensive against the military along a major trade highway to China.
ASEAN barred Myanmar junta leaders from its summits in the wake of their February 2021 coup, and the generals have refused to send "non-political representatives" instead.
Most fled the weeks of fighting that culminated in the city's capture last month, and those who remain fear a return to the bloody violence.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) disaster response agency said an estimated 631,000 people had been affected by flooding across Myanmar.
Search and rescue operations were ongoing, it said, adding that the floods had destroyed more than 65,000 houses and five dams.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in 2021, sparking armed uprisings across the country.
The fighting in Rakhine now is part of a wider rebellion against Myanmar's junta, three years after it ousted an elected civilian government in a coup, triggering nationwide protests that have morphed into an armed uprising.
Myo Mynit Oo, 40, was handed a life sentence on May 15, while Aung San Oo, 49, was handed a 20-year jail term on February 16.
The claims were "propaganda... with the aim of disrupting the country's peace and stability," the junta said in a statement, accusing those sharing the news of being "traitors".
Shan State in eastern Myanmar has been rocked by fighting since late June when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) renewed an offensive against the military along a major trade highway to China.
Both sides in the civil war have targeted the Rohingya settlement of Buthidaung. On May 17, the Arakan Army, an ethnic militia, set it ablaze.