Tillerson, who last month declared the violence against the Rohingya to be "ethnic cleansing," has said Washington was considering "targeted sanctions" against those deemed responsible. They said it was preparing narrow, targeted US sanctions against Myanmar's military and could roll out the punitive measures by year-end. "We have nothing to announce on sanctions," a White House National Security Council spokesman said when asked the coming measures. Preparations for Myanmar sanctions come at the same time that Washington has expressed concern over the detention this week of two Reuters journalists. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had worked on stories about the military crackdown on the Rohingya population in Rakhine state.

Source: Bangkok Post December 15, 2017 23:37 UTC