Gyobingauk, Burma News

Dozens of people have been arrested throughout Pegu division for having alleged connections with the anti-Muslim riots that rocked the region last month.

Debris litters the main street of Gyobingauk, Pegu Division, after anti-Muslim rioting in late March 2013.

Racial hatred as policy in Myanmar By Brian McCartan Recent communal violence in Myanmar has underscored the risks that unresolved ethnic and religious issues represent to the long-term sustainability of recent political and economic reforms.

A mosque in Meikthila sustained major smoke damage after it was set a light during anti-Muslim riots on March 20-22. RANGOON-No major anti-Muslim attacks have been reported in central Burma since Friday and the unrest seems to have subsided after nine consecutive days of violence in Mandalay and Pegu Divisions, police and Muslim leaders said.

The government should investigate responsibility for the violence in Meiktila and the failure of the police to stop wanton killings and the burning of entire neighborhoods.