"I wish to express my deep concern over the recent violence in northern Rakhine State, which is plunging the state into renewed instability and creating new displacement," he said in a statement late Tuesday. "All communities must renounce violence and I urge the security services to act in full compliance with the rule of law." The US is also "concerned by reports of a spike in violence" in Rakhine, US State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said in Washington, urging the government to allow a "credible and independent investigation". One commander said the group, which arrived on Monday, was the largest number of Rohingya pushed back since violence erupted in Rakhine in early October. The resurgence of violence in Rakhine has deepened a crisis that has already threatened to derail to the new administration led by democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 16, 2016 06:01 UTC