yangon u.s. secretary state rex tillerson stress need halt violence stabilize rakhine state meet head myanmar military wednesday bid ease rohingya refugee crisis senior state department official say 600,000 rohingya muslims flee bangladesh since late august drive counter-insurgency clearance operation myanmar force rakhine top u.n. official call operation textbook case ethnic cleanse attend east asia summit manila tuesday tillerson meet myanmar leader aung san suu kyi whose less two-year-old civilian administration share power military control general meet suu kyi myanmar capital naypyitaw wednesday hold separate talk head arm force senior general min aung hlaing ask approach tillerson would take myanmar army chief state department official tell journalists brief teleconference emphasis would restore peace rakhine focus try stabilize areas northern rakhine people return stop violence make sure military would protect populations area equally conduct credible investigation lead accountability people perpetrate abuse say official tillerson manila decline identify official say consequences country also know burma fail respond crisis accountability could part conversation military leader burma make lot progress would want see progress reverse official add u.s. senators washington press economic sanction travel restrictions target myanmar military business interest secretary reiterate support burma democratic transition urge burmese government protect local population allow unhindered humanitarian media access support credible investigation abuse official add accusations organize mass rape crimes humanity level myanmar military sunday another senior u.n. official tour camp bangladesh rohingya refugees take shelter mass exodus tmsnrt.rs/2xtaoon pramila patten special representative u.n. secretary-general sexual violence conflict say would raise accusations myanmar military international criminal court hague military know tatmadaw consistently protest innocence monday post find internal investigation facebook page min aung hlaing say find instance soldier shoot kill rohingya villagers rap women torture prisoners deny security force torch rohingya villages use excessive force military say 376 terrorists kill deaths innocent people human right group pour scorn military investigation brand whitewash call u.n. independent investigators allow myanmar burmese military absurd effort absolve mass atrocities underscore independent international investigation need establish facts identify responsible brad adams asia director human right watch say statement amnesty international also dismiss military internal investigation overwhelm evidence military murder rap rohingya burn villages grind london-based right group say government mostly buddhist myanmar regard muslim rohingya illegal immigrants bangladesh suu kyi failure speak strongly plight widely damage nobel peace prize winner international reputation stateswoman many diplomats however believe myanmar fragile transition democracy 49 years military rule would jeopardize publicly criticize arm force part government work together order solve problem ... try get two work together try solve problem certainly go important u.s. official say u.s. official say suu kyi forthcoming talk tillerson others past days step need take improve situation include plan voluntary repatriation rohingya u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres canadian prime minister justin trudeau among meet manila discuss rohingya crisis tremendous concern canada many many countries around world trudeau tell news conference japan prime minister shinzo abe pledge 117 billion yen billion development aid myanmar meet suu kyi world leaders wring hand thousands rohingya remain strand myanmar beach around mouth naf river hop find boat make short sometimes perilous cross bangladesh still come risk live drive fear starvation violence shariful azam police official bangladesh cox bazar narrow spit land world urgent humanitarian crisis unfold trail destruction tmsnrt.rs/2fdbxtc desperate escape tmsnrt.rs/2a1atup tillerson press myanmar army chief halt violence rohingya return