Myanmar sets up committee to solve interreligious violence
The Myanmar Government has formed a high-level Emergency Management Central Committee tasked with preventing and mitigating interreligious violence in the country.
Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw and Myanmar FM Aung San Suu Kyi (Source:EPA)The committee, led by Myanmar Vice President Henry Van Thio, comprises ministers of defence and other union ministers, the attorney-general from state and divisional administrations and police commanders.
The committee will work directly with state, divisional and local authorities and civil society on strategies to pre-empt violence locally and to make use of media to spread awareness and to combat harmful instigations.
Myanmar has seen bouts of anti-Muslim religious violence across the country in recent years.
Muslims account for roughly 4 percent of Myanmar 's population of 60 million people.-VNA
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