Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing is among the four banned by the US due to their role in ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority. – AFP file pic, July 17, 2019.
THE United States today banned visits by Myanmar’s army chief and three other top officers due to their role in the “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya minority, urging accountability for their brutal campaign. The State Department said it took action against army chief Min Aung Hlaing and the others after finding credible evidence they were involved in the violence two years ago that led about 740,000 Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh.
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