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| Subject: One year after crisis began, miserly US sanctions murderous Myanmar military over Rohingya ethnic cleansing Sat Aug 18, 2018 2:26 am | |
| The Trump administration is sanctioning four Myanmar military officials and two military units for the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya, the Muslim-majority ethnic group that has fled by the hundreds of thousands from a violent campaign into neighboring Bangladesh. Other than one general sanctioned last December, these are the first commanders and units hit with economic penalties since the crisis started nearly a year ago. While it was a welcome step for human rights groups and activists, they say it took too long and does not do enough. The sanctions target four commanders who led teams that engaged in human rights abuses – the Border Guard Police, the Military Operations Command, the Bureau of Special Operations, and the 99th Light Infantry Division. In addition, the 99th Division and the 33rd Light Infantry Division were sanctioned as units for their bloody roles.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/year-crisis-began-us-sanctions-myanmar-military-rohingya/story?id=57242819
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