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Burmas VP says racial, religious tensions caused Rakhine
unrest
Thursday, 02 August 2012 13:16 Mizzima News
Burmese Vice President Sai Mauk Kham has told a government committee coordinating relief inRakhine State that violence there was based on racial and religious tensions and a long-term
solution was needed.
He said a solution should be tackledcarefully as there is an unbalanced
population ratio. Bengalis constitute94 per cent and Rakhine nationals six
percent of the population in
Maungtaw and Buthidaung, the two
communities which suffered the mostin the recent unrest.
According to a report in The New
Light of Myanmar, the state-run
newspaper, on Tuesday he said it is
important to maintain security and
regional peace and stability in orderto allow development to be carried
out in the area. Rakhine State is one
of the poorest areas of Burma.
Muslim governments and human
rights groups have criticized Burmas response to the sectarian unrest in recent weeks, and a
Human Rights Watch report on Wednesday said government security forces have undertakensystematic abuses against Rohingya Muslims, including murder, beatings, arbitrary arrest and
other abuses.
Sai Kham said the government has been cooperating with domestic and international non-
governmental organizations by opening relief camps providing shelters, food and healthcare
services. Relief groups have called for greater access to the area and full access to Rohingya
communities.
On Thursday, United Nations Human Rights Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana is completing a two-
day tour of Rakhine State on a fact-finding mission.
On Monday, the government said it had exercised maximum restraint in order to restore law and
order in those particular places in Rakhine state, in a foreign ministry statement.
The statement rejected the accusation that abuses and excessive use of force were made by the
Burma's Vice President Sai Mauk Kham Photo: President's office
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authorities in dealing with the situation, saying, The unfortunate incidents are confined to a few
townships in Rakhine state as it constitutes an inter-communal violence relating only to the some
portion of the population in the state.
The situation of law and order in Rakhine state is improving, the authorities said people sheltered
in relief camps are gradually returning to the places, it said.
The deadly unrest and violence in Rakhine State started with the rape and murder of a Rakhine
ethnic woman by three men in Kyauknimaw village on May 28, setting off a series of deadlyreprisals and clashes between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists.
According to the ministry statement, 77 people from both communities were killed with 109people injured. A total of 4,822 houses, 17 mosques, 15 monasteries and three schools were
burned down.
The declaration of a state of emergency in the state along with imposition of curfews in six
townships has been in force since June 10.