Burmese Military

US imposes sanctions on Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing, two generals, blames military personnel for Rohingya killings

US announcement of sanctions against Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing came on the first day of an international ministerial conference on religious freedom hosted by Pompeo at the State Department. A 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar drove more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.