"Villagers and students, abducted by an ethnic insurgent group in Myanmar's western Chin state during this year, reached 82 as of the end of October since Jan. 31, according to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services Friday. The abductees taken away by the Arakan Army (AA) are from Paletwa township of the state. They were kidnapped during the months of January, June and August respectively. Families of the abductees complained to the authorities that they did not receive any contact from them until Oct. 31.The families were seeking help from the Chin state government and the National Reconciliation and Peace Center to save the detainees from the AA, according to the military office. The AA group was charged with conducting acts of disrupting peace and rule of law as well as abducting public servants and innocent civilians..."