However, the allegations were rejected by Win Myaing, a government spokesman for Rakhine state, AP news agency reported.
The recent violence in Burma's Rakhine state makes it even more unlikely that they can return.
Ethnic conflict in western Rakhine state has left more than 100, 000 Muslim Rohingyas displaced.
On Myebon peninsula, south of the Rakhine state capital Sittwe, the double standards are clear.
Many Rohingyas have fled Burma's Rakhine state as deadly clashes flared earlier this year.
The men were convicted of raping and killing a Buddhist woman in Rakhine state last month.
There was no apparent direct connection between the Meikhtila violence and that last year in Rakhine state.
Activists have criticised the state of emergency, saying it hands control of Rakhine state to the military.
But some parts of the country are still hit by conflict and unrest, most recently Rakhine state.
The U.N. humanitarian office held emergency meetings in Yangon and Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state, over the weekend.
Last week another boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in western Burma's Rakhine state sank in the same area.
The estimated 45, 000 refugees living in Sittwe, Pauktaw, Myebon and Kyauktaw in Rakhine state are the "most vulnerable, " it added.
The recent and ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State is likewise more than just a matter of law.
Other U.N. agencies have expressed strong concern about the humanitarian situation for the displaced in places like Rakhine state and central Myanmar.
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The latest violence in Rakhine state began in May when a Buddhist ethnic Rakhine woman was raped and murdered by three Muslims.
It said HRW had discovered four mass grave sites in Rakhine state, which it said security forces had used to destroy evidence of the crimes.
Mr Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in Rakhine state on June 10th, thus putting the army back in control there.
Relations between the majority Buddhist population in Rakhine state and the minority Muslims (known as Rohingyas) have been on edge for decades.
The central government has not made any statement about the two-child policy since Rakhine state authorities quietly enacted the measure a week ago.
An explosion of communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims in western Rakhine state last year has spread in recent months to central Myanmar.
We are deeply concerned about the situation in Rakhine State, where the Rohingya have endured discrimination and violence that has spiked in recent months.
Violence between Buddhists and Muslims erupted in another part of Burma, Rakhine state, last year following the rape and murder of a young Buddhist woman in May.
Today, we look at the recent violence in Rakhine State that has caused so much suffering, and we see the danger of continued tensions there.
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Suu Kyi has been criticized for failing to take a strong stand on attacks last year against the Muslim Rohingya community in western Rakhine state.
In comparison, all of Rakhine state, she said, is "highly vulnerable, " even if it isn't where the cyclone first makes landfall, because of inadequate infrastructure.
The government declared a curfew in the affected areas on Monday, and has deployed additional security personnel in Rakhine state, but the violence has continued.
The conflict is the worst since violence in Rakhine state last year, where nearly 200 people were killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes.
But you also see beyond those specific ethnic insurgencies, outbreaks of ethnic violence like in Rakhine state, where the Rohingya have been targeted by local population.
"It's all over, and we are very relieved that we didn't have any unfortunate incident in Rakhine state due to the cyclone, " regional spokesman Win Myaing said.
Wirathu says 969 supporters have popped up in almost every town, but the movement is strongest in Yangon, Mandalay, Moulmein and Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state.
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