Us To Sanction At Least 1 Person For Myanmar Violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday the U.S. plans to impose sanctions on at least one person responsible for the crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a significant U.S. policy shift after years of rolling back economic restrictions on the Southeast Asian nation. Tillerson did not say who would be hit by the sanctions and when, but as early as next week the Trump administration is expected to announce designations under a U.S.

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