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Interim report on Myanmar western state issue to come out early next year: advisory commission

Xinhua, December 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar government's Advisory Commission on Rakhine state, chaired by former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, is expected to submit its interim report on the regional issue to the President within the first two months of next year, official media reported Monday.

The final report will be made a year from now, an advisory commission member was quoted as saying.

Tension is going on in the western state, especially after Oct. 9 violent attacks by armed men on three border posts in Maungtaw.

Annan has been in the state since Nov. 29 listening to the voices of local officials and residents as part of the process to compile the report.

Annan's nine-member advisory commission was formed by the Myanmar government in August with aim of resolving the protracted Rakhine regional issue.

The commission will undertake assessments and make recommendations by focusing on conflict prevention, humanitarian assistance, rights and reconciliation, institution building and promotion of development of Rakhine state.

Meanwhile, the government has also formed a separate 13-member investigation commission, led by First Vice President U Myint Swe, to probe into the background of Oct. 9 violent attacks by armed men on three border posts in Maungtaw.

The said this commission is also tasked to report to the president by Jan 31, 2017.

Relating to the Oct. 9 incident, Annan has expressed deep concern over the recent violence in Maungtaw, which he warned was plunging into a renewed instability and creating new displacements.

In his November statement over the situation, Annan called on all communities to renounce violence and urged the security services to act in full compliance with the rule of law. There have been allegations of abuses and rapes on local Rohingya people and women by government troops.

Meanwhile, the government has said that Islamic extremists supported financially by foreign terrorist organizations were involved in the attacks. Endit