Security forces were woefully unprepared for the October 9 attacks in northern Rakhine State, while a week later communities are in lockdown and the government has backpedalled on its earlier statements.
Myanmar's junta moved deposed leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest last week but that was not enough to ease deep divisions among ASEAN leaders over how best to engage with the pariah state.
BY AFP
