Myanmar has setup an internal commission to probe into Buddhists-Rohingya clashes that killed dozens in Myanmar, Burma. More than 60 people have been killed and lakhs of them displaced in riots between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine which erupted in June. Rakhine is populated by Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority group.
Myanmar government has formed President Thein Sein’s commission comprising of cross-section of various groups, including activists, officials from minority parties, entrepreneurs, government leaders and religious leaders. The move is hailed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Rohingya Muslims carnage began in May with the detention of 3 Muslim men allegedly accused of rape and killing of a Buddhist woman; while two of the men were sentenced to death, the third man committed suicide in detention. It didn’t stop there; several hundred people attacked a bus in Rakhine in June, killing 10 Muslims onboard. The massacre went on unrelenting resulting in the killings of dozens of Muslims and destruction of thousands of homes leaving lakhs of Rohingya Muslims displaced.