The statement comes after one Rohingya Muslim man was killed by a mob in state capital Sittwe on Tuesday.

Attacks on civilians in northern Arakan State continued over the weekend, according to the Office of the State Counsellor, which described the assailants as “terrorists” in three violent incidents that saw four people killed, including a village administrator.

Zaw Htay said that security forces carried out a clearance operation in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw region of the Mayu mountain range. "That’s where the terrorists were hiding," he said.

Nearly 260 prisoners were released in a presidential amnesty on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the Union Peace Conference being held in Burma’s capital Naypyidaw this week.

The USDP said Win Htein should take responsibility for his “heedless remarks”, while the military also lambasted the NLD veteran.

ANP accuses regional immigration chief of issuing a national ID card to a "Bengali" woman who was born to non-Burmese parents.