A/HRC/39/CRP.2 737. In Kyaukpyu, a group of ethnic Rakhine from other areas was reportedly led by a local leader of the 969 group to burn Kaman houses in October 2012.1594 Similarly, violence that targeted Thandwe’s Kaman community in 2013 was instigated and led by members of the 969 movement, with the active or passive support of security forces. 1595 One Kaman interviewee recognised the leader of the 969 group in Thandwe, who was also reportedly connected with the killing of the 10 Muslims in Toungoup on 3 June 2012.1596 Credible reports also suggest the involvement of the RNDP in inciting ethnic Rakhine before the violence in Kyaukpyu.1597 738. Moreover, the Mission received credible reports suggesting linkages between the leadership of 969 and MaBaTha and the Tatmadaw or some members of the Government affiliated with the Tatmadaw.1598 One report suggests that senior officials approached former leaders of the 2007 “Saffron revolution”, upon their release from prison, and encouraged them to join 969 or MaBaTha and offering financial and other incentives to do so. It is reported that some monks refused this, while others, notably Ashin Wirathu, accepted. 1599 Given the important role played by 969 and MaBaTha in fuelling anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar, these allegations are significant and warrant further investigation. Specific events in Maungdaw 739. Various accounts by Rakhine and Rohingya witnesses suggest that men might have been brought to Maungdaw to participate in the violence1600 or that the security forces themselves might have been responsible for some of the burning of Rakhine houses in Maungdaw.1601 President Thein Sein stating the violence was instigated 740. In a statement issued on 25 October 2012, President Thein Sein himself stated that the violence was being orchestrated by “persons and organizations who are conducting manipulations in the incidents in Rakhine State behind the scene”. He promised that perpetrators would be “exposed” and legal action taken against them.1602 However, no legal action was taken and the President never clarified who were the alleged perpetrators of the instigation. Echoing the above statement, a credible report quoted an anonymous military source in the central government stating that the October 2012 attacks were carefully organized. The military source reportedly accused “Rakhine nationalists with ties to the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party” of leading the mobs, who were “fuelled by Buddhist monks spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric”.1603A year later, on 3 October 2013, the President once again claimed the violence was being instigated, this time referring to “outsiders” responsible for the violence in Thandwe: Ethnic Rakhine and ethnic Kaman have been living here in peaceful coexistence for many years. External motives instigated violence and conflicts. According to the evidence in hand, rioters who set fire to the villages are outsiders. Participation of all is needed to expose and arrest those who got involved in the incident and those instigating the conflict behind the scene. Only then can root cause of the problem be addressed.1604 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 CI-167. CI-164, CI-169. CI-164, CI-169. CI-165; V-050, V-051. DI-011; K-101, K-106; See also C4ADS, Sticks and Stones - Hate Speech Narratives and Facilitators in Myanmar (2016). DI-011, K-106, DM-002. DI-038, DI-045, QI-106. CI-153. The New Light of Myanmar (26 October 2012). V-051. The New Light of Myanmar, “No winner in Myanmar’s 60-year old armed conflict – Government to use all ways and means vested by the Constitution for restoring peace and stability, ensuring rule of 175