The United Nation's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma, Tomas Quintana says he has received information that police forces are not following orders, in the conflict zone in Arakan state.
Human rights groups say the Burmese authorities are doing little to quell the sectarian violence that's gripped the country's West.
At least 29 people have been killed and more than 30,000 displaced by clashes between Buddhists and ethnic Rohingya Muslims. (Courtesy of radioaustralia.net.au)