US Adds Sanctions on Myanmar Forces in Rohingya Abuses
(WorldNews Asia)

The United States intensified its sanctions against Myanmar Friday, blacklisting four commanders and two units of security forces for their alleged role in violent campaigns against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. Myanmar security forces have engaged in ethnic cleansing, massacres, sexual assault, extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses, said Sigal Mandelker, Treasury Department undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.  `Treasury is sanctioning units and leaders overseeing this horrific...