Rare admission of abuse in Rakhine state follows release of selfie-style video filmed by border police showing torture.
Myanmar's government said it has detained several police officers over a video showing policemen beating civilians belonging to the Muslim Rohingya minority community that went viral online.
Monday's front-page story in the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper about the November 5 incident, which cited government promises to "take action" against the perpetrators, was a rare official acknowledgment of the security forces' abuses taking place in the western state of Rakhine.
The office of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, named four officers involved in the operation including Zaw Myo Htike, who looks nonchalantly into the camera smoking as he records the video of the abuse.
"Those who (were) initially identified were detained," it said in a statement. "Further investigations are being carried out to expose other police officers who beat villagers in the operation."
"Those who (were) initially identified were detained," it said in a statement. "Further investigations are being carried out to expose other police officers who beat villagers in the operation."
Ref: Aljazeera
