 after the attacks committed human rights abuses against Rohingya residents, and to finding a long-term solution to the region’s crisis.
New York-based Human Rights Watch and other rights groups have also issued reports and statements describing violence against the Rohingya during the crackdown.
“There can be no excuse for excessive force, for abuses of fundamental human rights and basic criminality,” Thaung Tun said.
“In addition to providing immediate humanitarian relief, our focus must now be on finding real, lasting solutions to the situation in Rakhine,” he said.
Myanmar security forces targeted the Rohingya after it was determined that Rohingya militants were behind the attacks last October on the border guard posts, during which nine policemen were killed.
Thuang Tun also said the government has shown that it will take action against those who have committed abuses as long as it is given clear evidence, echoing a statement by the home affairs ministry on Feb. 15 that security force members who have violated human rights would be charged under police disciplinary law.
A small group of police officers caught on video abusing Rohingya civilians in a village in Maungdaw township during the security operation early last November were recently sentenced to two months in prison.
Though the Myanmar government has denied allegations of widespread abuse, it set up an investigation commission in December to look into the violence in northern Rakhine.
In an interim report in January, the commission said it had found no evidence of genocide or religious persecution of Rohingya Muslims living in the region, and insufficient evidence of rape. It also said it was still probing accusations of arson, torture, and illegal arrests.
The commission completed another fact-finding mission this week in the affected areas to investigate the U.N.’s allegations of human rights violations.
Saw Thalay Saw, a commission member and lawmaker from Shwegyin in Bago region, told RFA’s Myanmar Service on Tuesday that Muslim villagers could not corroborate some of the accounts of abuse detailed in the U.N. report.
In the meantime, Myanmar’s police and military have also set up teams to investigate the allegations of human rights abuses by security forces.
As Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has been spearheading efforts to end decades of civil wars between the powerful government military and various ethnic armed groups through a series of peace talks known as the 21st-century Panglong Conference under the civilian-led government.
The initial summit was held in late August and early September 2016, and the next one will be held in March, the statement issued by the State Counselor’s Office said.To be honest it seems to be following the same new content cycle as it always does:

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