Nirmal Ghosh
US Bureau Chief
United States' envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback delivering remarks on the 2018 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, in Washington, on June 21, 2019.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
WASHINGTON - Myanmar and China should worry about the consequences of persecuting minorities, the United States' envoy for religious freedom, Mr Sam Brownback, has warned in an interview.
In terms of Myanmar's minority Rohingya, close to a million of whom are now in refugee camps in Bangladesh following a pogrom in 2017 by Myanmar's military, Mr Brownback said: "You're certainly hearing a lot of discussion (in Congress) about increased actions by the United States, and if this gets going...you don't know where those things will end up."
In terms of Myanmar's minority Rohingya, close to a million of whom are now in refugee camps in Bangladesh following a pogrom in 2017 by Myanmar's military, Mr Brownback said: "You're certainly hearing a lot of discussion (in Congress) about increased actions by the United States, and if this gets going...you don't know where those things will end up."