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18:35, 10-Sep-2017
Myanmar vows to fight against instigation of violence
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The Myanmar government has vowed to take action against the incitement of violence as people continue to use social media to spread unverified rumors.
In a statement released late Saturday, the Information Committee of the government asked Myanmar people not to instigate violence, and urged them to report to authorities any suspicious acts, including incitement.
The local government in Maungtaw, Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, called on people not to support terrorists in burning homes or properties and prevent them from entering restricted areas as part of a new order issued on Saturday.
Unidentified men carry knives and slingshots as they walk past a burning house in Gawdu Tharya village near Maungtaw in Rakhine state in northern Myanmar, September 7, 2017. /AFP Photo
Unidentified men carry knives and slingshots as they walk past a burning house in Gawdu Tharya village near Maungtaw in Rakhine state in northern Myanmar, September 7, 2017. /AFP Photo
The order, announced by Maungtaw District's General Administration Department, said the security forces will fire warning shots at any lawbreakers.
It also called for cooperation with the authorities by following instructions not to rob, steal or destroy properties in the restricted areas, or possess sticks, machetes or explosives.
The security forces have been entering villages to search for Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) extremist terrorists to maintain peace and stability in the areas.
Terrorist attacks in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state have displaced more than 30,000 people, according to the Information Committee.
A Rohingya refugee protects his sister from rain as he climbs down a hill
after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazar, Banglades,h
September 8, 2017. /Reuters Photo
A Rohingya refugee protects his sister from rain as he climbs down a hill after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazar, Banglades,h September 8, 2017. /Reuters Photo
From August 25 to September 4, residents from Taungpyo, Letwe, Kwuntheepin, Thechaung and Meetaik areas in Maungtaw district fled to border areas for refuge and camped along the Myanmar side of the border with Bangladesh.
Earlier reports said 97 terrorist attacks by the ARSA during the period killed 36 people, including 13 security force members, two government service personnel and 21 ethnic people, and injured 22 others.
A total of 59 villages and 6,842 houses were also burnt down by the terrorists with eight bridges destroyed by planted mines.
371 terrorists were killed in clashes with the security forces.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency