Canada sanctions Myanmar general

OTTAWA: who led an army crackdown that - gladesh.

The action follows United States sanctions levelled against Major-General Maung Maung Soe in December.

in human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar and in the violence and persecution that

silently as crimes against humanity are committed against the

“Those responsible for these atrocities must be held

The sanctions include a freeze - a ban on dealings with him.

Since the crackdown in the Buddhist majority country six months ago the Rohingya refugees have been sheltering in makeshift camps in Bangladesh.

Myanmar regards the Rohingya as immigrants from Bangladesh and they have been there for generations.

The United Nations has accused Myanmar of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign by forcing the Rohingya into exile.

not target civilians and has only to ac-