Proper noun
Sittwe
A town in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma), formerly known as Akyab
According to Dr. Zaw Lwin, around 20 people including bank staff and family members from Kyaukphyu and Sittwe townships who had contact with the patient have been quarantined and will be tested for the coronavirus. Source: Internet
Myanmar has been experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 since Aug. 16 when the country’s first domestic transmission in a month was detected in Rakhine State capital, Sittwe. Source: Internet
A young woman from Sittwe in western Burma’s Arakan State has committed suicide by consuming poison, reportedly after her boyfriend, who is a sailor in the Burmese navy, refused to marry her after she ran away with him. Source: Internet
Hadi, head of disaster management of the Indonesian Red Cross met with the State government of Minister for Social Welfare and Health, Dr Aung Kyaw Min in Sittwe. Source: Internet
He said that there were innocent peoples among those arrested and jailed such as Ko Kyaw Win Maung, a goldsmith from Mawlate Ward in Sittwe, who was arrested while he was closing down his shop and sentenced to imprisonment. Source: Internet
It has been learnt that U Htwe Hla left Sittwe for Nay Pyi Daw soon after the discussions with Arakanese leaders. Source: Internet