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Negotiators from the government of [http://Www.Adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?term=&Aung%20San&loc=en_us&siteSection=home Aung San] Suu Kyi (pictured) and the military are holding peace talks with more than a dozen ethnic rebel groups aimed at ending some of the world's longest running civil wars<br><br>[https://www.myanmartour.com/Ngapali_Myanmar_d80.html myanmar best beaches] authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating and threatening to kill handcuffed detainees suspected of being ethnic rebel fighters, rights groups said Sunday.<br><br>The video came as negotiators from the civilian-led government of Aung San Suu Kyi and the military held peace talks with more than a dozen ethnic rebel groups in the capital, aimed at ending some of the world's longest running civil wars.<br><br>The unverified footage first surfaced on Facebook on Saturday morning and quickly went viral.<br><br>It showed several men dressed in army uniform kicking three handcuffed men in civilian clothes, part of a wider group of people detained outside some rural houses.<br><br>At one point in the 17-minute long video, a uniformed man smashes his helmet into the face of one of the [http://Www.Channel4.com/news/victims victims].<br><br>The men in army fatigues can be heard asking the handcuffed detainees whether they belong to the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic rebel group from north-eastern Shan State currently fighting the military.<br><br>Rights groups called on Myanmar's government to investigate whether troops were responsible.<br><br>"We're gravely concerned about the men who were savagely beaten in this video," said Matthew Smith from Fortify Rights. "The [https://www.myanmartour.com/Ngapali_Myanmar_d80.html best myanmar beaches] authorities should take urgent action to protect the lives of these men."<br><br>Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also called for an investigation.<br><br>Fortify Rights said the uniforms identified the soldiers as being from the Light Infantry Division 88, a unit know to be fighting the TNLA in Shan.<br><br>- 'I will break your teeth' -<br><br>Throughout the clip soldiers threaten to kill the detainees.<br><br>"Even though you don't have a gun, you are still part of the resistance," one officer is heard saying. "If you say you don't have anything, I'm going to break all your teeth."<br><br>Others threaten to cut the detainees' throats with a machete and order them to speak in Burmese, not their mother tongue.<br><br>[https://www.myanmartour.com/Ngapali_Myanmar_d80.html best myanmar beaches]'s border regions have burned for decades with insurgencies led by ethnic minority armed groups fighting for greater autonomy.<br><br>Suu Kyi has made signing a nationwide peace deal a priority of her government but the peace process has had limited success.<br><br>Under [http://www.Cafemom.com/search/index.php?keyword=Myanmar%27s%20junta-era Myanmar's junta-era] constitution Suu Kyi has little control over the military and fighting is currently at its most ferocious in years.<br><br>Distrust of Myanmar's notoriously abusive military runs deep, especially among ethnic rebel groups.<br><br>The Nobel laureate has repeatedly defended the army's operations in western Rakhine state where tens of thousands of Muslim minority Rohingya have fled a recent military crackdown.<br><br>The UN says authorities may have committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in the crackdown but Suu Kyi has rejected calls for an independent fact finding commission.<br><br>Last week Myanmar's military said its own probe had found no [http://www.zixiutangpollencapsules.com/?s=evidence evidence] of atrocities committed by its troops in Rakhine -- although it said one soldier was punished for stealing a bike.