WASHINGTON — A new bipartisan proposal to step up pressure on the
military in Myanmar — the most forceful attempt yet by the U.S. to
intervene in the country's growing humanitarian crisis — was set to be
unveiled Thursday in the Senate.
The proposal, obtained by NBC News, calls for
sanctions on the military in the midst of an upheaval that has seen the
displacement and killing of Rohingya ethnic minorities. It faces
potential opposition, however, from some who fear such a move could
damage the standing of Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Skeptics of U.S. intervention say sanctions
would put Suu Kyi, who was democratically elected two years ago, in a
precarious spot because her party must govern jointly with the military
leadership that is carrying out a crackdown that is drawing increasing
international criticism. An estimated 800,000 Ronhingya Muslims have
been forced into refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh, according to
the United Nations Migration Agency. And the Bangladesh foreign minister
has said that as many as 3,000 people were killed, including women and
children, in the last round of violence in August.
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