WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress are sharpening their criticism of Myanmar's crackdown that has forced nearly a half-million Rohingya (ROH'-hihn-jah) Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. Republicans and Democrats want the Trump administration to consider sanctions against the perpetrators and to re-evaluate U.S. policy toward the Southeast Asian nation. Twenty-one senators say in a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that there's a risk of genocide against the Rohingya, who've fled en masse after Myanmar security forces responded to insurgent attacks. The senators say that response has been "extraordinarily disproportionate.Read more on NewsOK.com
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