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The United States announced sanctions on Tuesday against the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other leaders it said were responsible for extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims, barring them from entry to the United States.
The steps, which also covered Min Aung Hlaing’s deputy, Soe Win, and two other senior commanders and their families, are the strongest US has taken in response to massacres of minority Rohingyas in Myanmar.
It identified the two others as Than Oo and Aung Aung, both brigadier generals. “We remain concerned that the Burmese government has taken no actions to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations and abuses, and there are continued reports of military committing human rights violations and abuses throughout the country,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
washington
The United States announced sanctions on Tuesday against the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other leaders it said were responsible for extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims, barring them from entry to the United States.
The steps, which also covered Min Aung Hlaing’s deputy, Soe Win, and two other senior commanders and their families, are the strongest US has taken in response to massacres of minority Rohingyas in Myanmar.
It identified the two others as Than Oo and Aung Aung, both brigadier generals. “We remain concerned that the Burmese government has taken no actions to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations and abuses, and there are continued reports of military committing human rights violations and abuses throughout the country,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
